Schlagwort: Emotions
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Emotional Power thanks socialmedia – the time of Influencing
To what extent do emotions influence the decision-making process of potential travellers before travelling via social media?In her master’s thesis, Franziska Thurner analysed the emotional reaction to an almost identical social media post from two independent test groups with a total of 387 participants. The result in an interview. TTR: Why is this topic relevant…
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The psychology of interacting with chatbots
People react emotionally and socially when interacting with chatbots. This harbours dangers that a new project at the Chair of Media Psychology aims to counteract. Wurzburg/Germany, January 30, 2025 Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way people communicate. Conversations that until recently were only possible with a flesh-and-blood counterpart are now also possible with an…
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New findings at HMU Erfurt How our brain unconsciously makes connections
In a recent study, Prof. Dr habil. Carina G. Giesen, Dean of the Faculty of Health and Head of the Department of Psychology, and a research team investigated how people unconsciously acquire and process emotional judgements. Using a computerised task to learn emotional connections, the researchers were able to show that our brain creates complex…
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Romantic relationships are more important for men than for women
Analysis of more than 50 studies reveals unexpected gender differences Berlin/Germany, January 06, 2025 – Most of us probably assume that romantic relationships are more important for women than for men. In any case, romantic relationships are a much more popular topic in women’s magazines than in magazines aimed at men. And in films, single…
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Perception of faces in an emotional context
For us humans, voices and faces are important sources of social and emotional information. Their perception is also influenced by situational factors and the content associated with them. Psychologists Dr Annika Ziereis and Prof Dr Anne Schacht from the University of Göttingen have investigated how learned emotional context stimuli influence the perception of faces at…
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Mit Robotern auf Du und Du
Forschungsverbund untersucht, wie sozial Roboter sein können Erlangen-Nürnberg, Oktober 29, 2024. Roboter und KI werden immer wichtiger – in der Industrie, bei Dienstleistungen, in der Medizin und im privaten Umfeld. Die Bayerische Forschungsstiftung und ein bayerisches Konsortium aus der Wirtschaft investieren in den kommenden zwei Jahren gemeinsam fast vier Millionen Euro in den Forschungsverbund FORSocialRobots,…