Real-Time Feedback Based on Nonverbal Behaviour to Enhance Social Dynamics in Small Group Meetings

Olga Kulyk, Jimmy Wang, Jacques Terken

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    Abstract

    We present a service providing real-time feedback to participants of small group meetings on the social dynamics of the meeting. The service visualizes non-verbal properties of people’s behaviour that are relevant to the social dynamics: speaking time and gaze behaviour. The service was evaluated in two studies, in order to test whether the feedback influences the participants’ visual attention and speaking time and enhances the satisfaction with the group interaction process. In a qualitative evaluation it was found thatgroups in general perceive the social feedback during the meeting as a useful and positive experience, which makes them aware of their group dynamics. In a second study, aiming at a more quantitative analysis, we obtained preliminary evidence that the feedback service affected participants’ behaviour and resulted in more balanced participation and gaze behaviour. We conclude that services providing automatic feedback about relatively low-level behavioural characteristics can enable groups to adjust the social dynamics in group meetings.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMachine Learning for Multimodal Interaction
    Subtitle of host publicationSecond International Workshop, MLMI 2005, Edinburgh, UK, July 11-13, 2005, Revised Selected Papers
    EditorsSteve Renals, Samy Bengio
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages150-161
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-540-32550-5
    ISBN (Print)978-3-540-32549-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction, MLMI 2005 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
    Duration: 11 Jul 200513 Jul 2005
    Conference number: MLMI

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Volume3869

    Workshop

    Workshop2nd International Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction, MLMI 2005
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityEdinburgh
    Period11/07/0513/07/05

    Keywords

    • HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
    • EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP6/506909
    • HMI-HF: Human Factors

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