Cultural study on speech duration and perception of virtual agent's nodding

  • Authors:

  • Tomoko Koda;Haruka Kishi;Takanori Hamamoto;Yota Suzuki

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan;Department of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan;Department of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan;Department of Information Science and Technology, Osaka Institute of Technology, Hirakata, Osaka, Japan

  • Venue:
  • IVA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Nodding plays an important role in successful interaction between a human and virtual agent as well as in human-human communication. We compare Japanese speech durations and perceptions of a nodding virtual agent in a cross-cultural setting. The results indicate the importance of cultural adaptation of timing and frequency of virtual agent's nodding.