When people talk, they move their hands to enhance meaning. Using accelerometry, we
measured whether people spontaneously use their artificial limbs (prostheses) to gesture …

This volume began with a workshop of the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial
Intelligence held in 2001. Concerned with embodied agents as cultural objects and subjects …

Why do we gesture when we speak? The Cognitive Psychology of Speech-Related Gesture
offers answers to this question while introducing readers to the huge interdisciplinary field of …

Humanoid robots are already among us and they are beginning to assume more social and
personal roles, like guiding and assisting people. Thus, they should interact in a human …

Although each of us has the same capacity for hand use based on musculoskeletal structure
and physiology, the choice and meaning of hand usage and activity are unique to the …

This paper addresses the challenge of transferring the behavior expressivity style of a virtual
agent to another one while preserving behaviors shape as they carry communicative …

Individuals with schizophrenia have difficulty forming social relationships. New research has
identified deficits in social cognition. These findings have not been applied to studying the …

5.1. SMOG bij personen met een verstandelijke retardatie 5.2. SMOG bij personen met een
taalstoornis 5.3. SMOG bij personen met een neuromotorische handicap 5.4. SMOG bij …

Traditional psychology considers communication in terms of semantic and intentional
transparency. This idea should be overcome, since the borderline between what is …

This volume considers how children's thinking evolves during development, with a focus on
the role of experience in causing change. It brings together cutting-edge research by leaders …