Affective Realism of Animated Films in the Development of Simulation-Based Tutoring Systems

  • Authors:

  • Hiran B. Ekanayake;Uno Fors;Robert Ramberg;Tom Ziemke;Per Backlund;Kamalanath P. Hewagamage

  • Affiliations:

  • Stockholm University, Sweden & University of Sköövde, Sweden & Department of Computation and Intelligent Systems, University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden;School of Humanities & Informatics, University of Sköövde, Skövde, Sweden;School of Humanities & Informatics, University of Sköövde, Skövde, Sweden;University of Colombo School of Computing, Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Distance Education Technologies
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper presents a study focused on comparing real actors based scenarios and animated characters based scenarios with respect to their similarity in evoking psychophysiological activity for certain events by measuring galvanic skin response GSR. In the experiment, one group n=11 watched the real actors' film whereas another group n=7 watched the animated film, which had the same story and dialogue as the real actors' film. The results have shown that there is no significant difference in the skin conductance response SCR scores between the two groups; however, responses significantly differ when SCR amplitudes are taken into account. Moreover, Pearson's correlation reported as high as over 80% correlation between the two groups' SCRs for certain time intervals. The authors believe that this finding is of general importance for the domain of simulation-based tutoring systems in development of and decisions regarding use of animated characters based scenarios.