TY - GEN
T1 - Blink as you Sync - Uncovering eye and nod synchrony in conversation using wearable sensing
AU - Gupta, Aman
AU - Strivens, Finn L.
AU - Tag, Benjamin
AU - Kunze, Kai
AU - Ward, Jamie A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Association for Computing Machinery.
PY - 2019/9/9
Y1 - 2019/9/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Eye tracking
KW - Interpersonal synchrony
KW - Wearable sensing
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U2 - 10.1145/3341163.3347736
DO - 10.1145/3341163.3347736
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85072808277
T3 - Proceedings - International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC
SP - 66
EP - 71
BT - ISWC 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 23rd International Symposium on Wearable Computers, ISWC 2019
Y2 - 9 September 2019 through 13 September 2019
ER -