UMass Amherst reports on emotion-sensitive, computer-based tutor

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have reported results from their computer-based tutors in a press release. Their system uses a camera to detect facial expressions to determine users’ moods, at about 70 to 80 percent accuracy. The researchers found that girls in fifth grade "appreciate the emotional support that matches their mood that is given by the computer software, but it seems less important to boys."

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  Intelligent computerized tutor uses analysis of facial expressions