Emotion Analysis Based on Facial Expression Recognition in Virtual Learning Environment

Abstract

The psychologic research find that learners' cognitive activitie had been affect by emotion in their learning process, specifically, positive emotion can promote cognitive activities, whereas negative emotion can hinder them. The affective state can be seen as a very strong predictor of thinking level in learning. Therefore, establishment of a intelligent environment and atmosphere which can recognize and adjust the emotion of students plays an important role in positive learning. Application of facial expression recognition is performed on Magic Learning which is a 3D Virtual Learning Environment (3DVLE) developed by our laboratory and experimental results suggest that our method is feasible and effective.