CRTI - Centre de Recherche en Technologie de l'Information
Disciplines :
Library & information sciences
Author, co-author :
Ruch, Willibald
Platt, Tracey
Hofmann, Jennifer
Niewiadomski, Radoslaw
Urbain, Jérôme ; Université de Mons > Faculté Polytechnique > Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
Mancini, Maurizio
Dupont, Stéphane ; Université de Mons > Faculté Polytechnique > Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
Language :
English
Title :
Gelotophobia and the Challenges of Implementing Laughter into Virtual Agents Interactions
Publication date :
18 November 2014
Journal title :
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Publisher :
Frontiers Media S.A., Switzerland
Volume :
8
Issue :
928
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Research unit :
F105 - Information, Signal et Intelligence artificielle
Research institute :
R300 - Institut de Recherche en Technologies de l'Information et Sciences de l'Informatique R450 - Institut NUMEDIART pour les Technologies des Arts Numériques
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