Affective Computing

by Rosalind W. Picard and Roalind Picard

Book Overview

According to Rosalind Picard, if we want computers to be genuinely intelligent and to interact naturally with us, we must give computers the ability to recognize, understand, even to have and express emotions.

The latest scientific findings indicate that emotions play an essential role in decision making, perception, learning, and more--that is, they influence the very mechanisms of rational thinking. Not only too much, but too little emotion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262661152
• ISBN13: 9780262661157
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher