Emotions and affect in human factors and human-computer interaction

A complete guide for conducting affect-related research and design projects in H/F and HCI domains.

Introducing necessary concepts, methods, approaches and applications, the book highlights how critical emotions and affect are to everyday life and interaction with cognitive artifacts.

The text covers the basis of neural mechanisms of affective phenomena, as well as representative approaches to affective computing, Kansei engineering, hedonomics, pleasurable product design and emotional design.