How Age Influences the Interpretation of Emotional Body Language in Humanoid Robots -- long paper version

There is a general consensus that body movements and postures provide important cues for idennullfying emonullonal states, parnullcularly when facial and vocal signals are unavailable [1]. Emonullonal Body Language (EBL) is rapidly emerging as a significant area of research within cogninullve and affecnullve neuroscience. According to De Gelder [10], numerous valuable insights into human emonullon and its neurobiological foundanullons have been derived from the study of facial expressions. Indeed certain emonullons are more effecnullvely conveyed through facial expressions, while others are benuller commun icated through body movements or a combinanullon of both. Gestures provide observable cues that can be instrumental in recognizing and interprenullng a user's emonullonal state, especially in the absence of verbal or facial signals.