Psychology · Single study

Affective computing research grows globally with emerging technology trends

• Researchers analyzed over 33,000 affective computing studies from 1997 to 2023 to map the field's development and future directions.
• Key emerging trends include creating large-scale emotion datasets, combining multiple types of data for analysis, and refining how computers classify human feelings.
• The field shows promising applications in brain-computer interfaces, emotionally aware chatbots, decision support systems, and virtual reality environments.

Intelligent Computing · 2023 — https://doi.org/10.34133/icomputing.0076

Affective Computing: Recent Advances, Challenges, and Future Trends