AI Tunes into Emotions: The Rise of Affective Computing - Neuroscience News
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AI Tunes into Emotions: The Rise of Affective Computing - Neuroscience News
We are neurologically wired to respond to signals of empathy: reflective language, emotional validation, and nonjudgmental tone. When AI performs these convincingly, it activates the same neural pathways as human connection. Our brains do not always distinguish between genuine empathy and its digital imitation.
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Emotions are mostly made up of three axis:- Autonomic arousal scale: alert to calm.- Valence: good to bad.- Focus: interoception to exteroception (making predictions about the outside world).