Prisca Stenneken
Papers
7
Total Citations
76
H-Index
5
About
Prisca Stenneken’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, social robotics, and affective computing, with a particular focus on how emotion and communication shape our engagement with machines. Her most influential work, a 2013 eye-tracking study (43 citations), revealed distinct gaze behaviors in individuals with Asperger’s syndrome during interactions with a social robot versus a human actor, offering critical insights for therapeutic applications of robotics in autism spectrum disorder. Stenneken has also pioneered computational models of emotional alignment, proposing frameworks that enable robots to adapt to and mirror human emotional expressions—a key step toward more intuitive, socially competent machines. Her studies on emotional congruence in human-robot interaction (2013) and user communication strategies (2006) further demonstrate how verbal and non-verbal mismatches affect interaction quality, while her position papers advocate for integrating communicative alignment into robotic emotional models. By bridging empirical user studies with computational design, Stenneken’s work has laid foundational groundwork for robots that not only understand but also appropriately respond to human emotional cues, advancing both therapeutic and everyday applications of social robotics.
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- 2A computational model of emotional alignment8 citations · 2011
- 3The role of emotional congruence in human-robot interaction7 citations · 2013
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- 5The role of emotional congruence in human-robot interaction5 citations · 2013
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