Judee K. Burgoon & Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann 
Social Signal Processing [PDF ebook] 

Virtual reality is a perceptual experience, achieved using technology. Anyone wishing to develop virtual reality should understand the human perceptual processes with which the technology seeks to in …

The Teacher Toolkit Guides turn the theory of education into practical ideas for your classroom. From Ross Morrison Mc Gill, bestselling author of Mark. Plan. Teach. and Teacher Toolkit, this book hi …

First Published in 1986. In the age of the computer, conjecture about things mechanical has naturally led to the question of whether machines can think. As the emphasis on Artificial Intelligence (AI …

Psychologists of varying theoretical persuasions have long held that social experiences are critical to normal developmental trajectories and that the lack of such experiences is worthy of compensato …

This work, honoring Saul B. Sells, adds to the understanding of the science of psychology and the application of that knowledge to meaningful human endeavors. Covers topics including: the interaction …

From early answer sheets filled in with number 2 pencils, to tests administered by mainframe computers, to assessments wholly constructed by computers, it is clear that technology is changing the fie …

Individuals do not always perform to their full capability on cognitive tasks. When this occurs, the usual explanation is that the individual was not properly motivated. But this begs the important q …

Anxiety is the most prevalent psychiatric problem of our time. Decades of research have gone into probing its mysteries and developing treatments. But what if we’ve been thinking about fear and anxie …

Following the attacks of September 11th 2001, one of the resounding questions asked was ‘What would make anyone do such a thing?’ The psychological mentality of the suicidal terrorist left a gaping h …