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2026 International Journal of Hospitality Management Gated Peer-Reviewed
Designing smart menus: A multi-method exploration of AI integration in hospitality guest experience and operations
Isenberg School of Management + 1 more
Abstract This study explores artificial intelligence (AI) applications in menu design optimization within hospitality management. Grounded in choice architecture, arousal and S-O-R theories, it examines how AI-optimized/ menus influence consumer dining behaviors and physiological responses. Based on a baseline menu, ChatGPT enhanced it into three themes: sustainable, healthy, and mixed. A controlled laboratory experiment with […]
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2026 Behavioral Sciences Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Changes in Emotional and Vocal Expression in Job Interview Simulations with an AI-Enhanced Chatbot for University Students
Universidad Privada Boliviana
Abstract This study examined whether AI-powered chatbot-based training was associated with changes in university students’ Facial and Vocal Emotional Reaction Time Proportions during simulated job interviews. A one-group pretest–posttest design was conducted with 54 third- and fourth-year students enrolled in a Human Talent Management course at a private Latin American university. This study was implemented […]
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2026 Machine Learning with Applications Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Facial morphology-based autism screening during attention assessment tasks: A dual-branch deep learning approach
Hamad bin Khalifa University + 1 more
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition characterized by challenges in communication, social interaction, and behavioral patterns. While early diagnosis remains crucial, there is a critical need for effective screening methods for school-age children, as many cases with nuanced presentations often go undetected during early childhood. This research presents a facial morphology-based computational […]
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2026 Scientific Data Open Access Peer-Reviewed
A Multimodal Dataset of Psychological, Physiological, and Behavioral Responses in Diverse Driving Scenarios
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Driver emotion significantly impacts traffic safety, driving behavior, and driving experience, often being directly influenced by different driving scenarios. To explore this relationship, we present EmoRoad, a multimodal dataset capturing emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses under diverse driving scenarios. These scenarios are defined by three dimensions, each with two conditions: road scenario (urban/suburban), traffic density […]
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2026 Interactive Learning Environments Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Mathematics anxiety through the lens of engagement in learning: a multimodal analysis
Tel Aviv University
Mathematics anxiety (MA) is reliably associated with lower achievement, but how it shapes engagement during learner interaction with coordinated representations in digital environments is less known. This study examined MA-related differences in emotional and cognitive engagement dynamics while learning with siMMath, an interactive simulation that integrates dynamic manipulatives with explanatory text to support proportional reasoning […]
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2026 arXiv (Cornell University) Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Interpretable Multimodal Classification with Linear Discriminant Tree Ensembles
Multimodal affect and behaviour classifiers that fuse heterogeneous text, audio, and visual streams must simultaneously achieve competitive accuracy and produce human-understandable explanations of the cues driving their decisions — a dual objective that current high-capacity models, notably Transformers, only partially address. While Transformers attain strong predictive performance, their distributed representations and deep nonlinearity make it […]
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2026 PLOS One Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Divergence between facial expressions and self-reported emotions: Sex differences in responses to video-based emotional stimuli
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine + 1 more
Emotional responses involve multiple components, including subjective experience and behavioral expression, which do not always align. Moreover, sex differences in emotional processing appear to vary across emotion types and response modalities. This study investigated sex differences and concordance between self-reported emotional experience and facial expressions elicited by naturalistic emotional video stimuli in a Korean adult […]
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2026 SMU Scholar (Southern Methodist University) Open Access
The Impact of Abnormal Environmental Design on Player Tension in Horror Games
This thesis explores how spatial design in video game levels can be used to generate player tension and sustain fear, in the absence of enemies or direct threats. For the spatial design, the researcher focused on impossible or abnormal environmental structures, such as looping corridors, non-Euclidean layouts, and disorienting transitions, and how they can evoke […]
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2026 Journal of Nonverbal Behavior Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Facially Expressive People are More Popular in Newly Formed Groups: A Social Network Analysis
Nottingham Trent University
Abstract Facial expression has been proposed as a key mechanism in forming and maintaining social relationships. Humans have particularly expressive faces, but direct evidence linking individual level expressivity to group-level social bonding is limited. Here we examined whether spontaneous facial expressivity impacts social popularity during initial group formation. Participants (72 groups, N = 256) engaged […]
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2026 Scientific Reports Open Access Peer-Reviewed
Beyond Words: Associations between the Maternal Emotional Environment and Children’s Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms
Cardiff University + 1 more
Mothers are rich sources of emotional information for children. Childhood emotional and behavioral problems have been associated with maternal anxiety, depression, Expressed Emotion (EE), and facial expressivity. However, no study has examined these factors together. The current study adopted a multimodal approach to assess how the maternal emotional environment relates to severity of internalizing and […]
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