Abstract
We tend to synchronize our movements to the person we are talking to during face-to-face conversation. Higher interpersonal synchrony is linked to greater empathy and more effortless interactions. This paper presents a first method and a corresponding dataset to explore synchrony in natural conversation by capturing eye and head movement using commodity smart eyewear. We present a 17 hour dataset, using Electrooculography and inertial sensing, of 42 people in conversation (21 dyads: 10 in Japanese, 10 in English, 1 in Chinese). Initial results on 18 dyads show significant interpersonal synchrony of blink and head nod behaviour during conversation (at frequencies of 0.2 to 0.5 Hz). We also find that people are more likely to synchronise blinks at around 1 Hz when conversing back-to-back than when face-to-face.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers |
Editors | Ulf Blanke, Antavi Gmbh |
Place of Publication | New York NY USA |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 66-71 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450368704 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computing 2019 - London, United Kingdom Duration: 9 Sept 2019 → 13 Sept 2019 Conference number: 23rd https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3341163 (Website) |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC |
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Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
ISSN (Print) | 1550-4816 |
Conference
Conference | IEEE International Symposium on Wearable Computing 2019 |
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Abbreviated title | ISWC 2019 |
Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | London |
Period | 9/09/19 → 13/09/19 |
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Keywords
- Eye tracking
- Interpersonal synchrony
- Wearable sensing