Haptic Empathy: Investigating Individual Differences in Affective Haptic Communications

要旨

Nowadays, touch remains essential for emotional conveyance and interpersonal communication as more interactions are mediated remotely. While many studies have discussed the effectiveness of using haptics to communicate emotions, incorporating affect into haptic design still faces challenges due to individual user tactile acuity and preferences. We assessed the conveying of emotions using a two-channel haptic display, emphasizing individual differences. First, 24 participants generated 187 haptic messages reflecting their immediate sentiments after watching 8 emotionally charged film clips. Afterwards, 19 participants were asked to identify emotions from haptic messages designed by themselves and others, yielding 593 samples. Our findings indicate that the ability to decode haptic messages is linked to specific emotional traits, particularly Emotional Competence (EC) and Affect Intensity Measure (AIM). Additionally, qualitative analysis revealed three strategies participants used to create touch messages: perceptive, empathetic, and metaphorical expression.

著者
Yulan Ju
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Yokohama, Japan
Xiaru Meng
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Yokohama, Japan
Harunobu Taguchi
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Yokohama, Japan
Tamil Selvan Gunasekaran
The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Matthias Hoppe
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Yokohama, Japan
Hironori Ishikawa
NTT DOCOMO, Tokyo, Japan
Yoshihiro Tanaka
Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan
Yun Suen Pai
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Kouta Minamizawa
Keio University Graduate School of Media Design, Yokohama, Japan
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3714139

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3714139

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Haptic Technology

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