Learning Facial Emotions: Art vs. Psychology
Symbolic Systems 210. Spring Quarter 2007-2008. Stanford University, 3 units.
Instructors: David C. Wilkins and Pamela Davis Kivelson
Course Description
The focus of this seminar course is a quantification of the differences between an art and psychology approach to cognitive tasks related to facial emotions. Particular attention is given to the tasks of learning to recognize, feel, and respond to facial emotions between two people. Dimensions of analysis include computational learning theory, motivation measurement, and emotional and empathetic response measurement.
