Primary Interests:
- Communication, Language
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Internet and Virtual Psychology
- Interpersonal Processes
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Nonverbal Behavior
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I study human emotions. In keeping with the basic tenets of social neuroscience, I try to apply different methods and paradigms, use a variety of measures, and study different groups of humans at different ages to understand emotion at multiple levels. My analysis is based on the belief that humans are an intensely social species. Thus, social aspects permeate all aspects of mind and behavior.
Currently, I am particularly interested in collective emotions in Cyberspace linked to the CYBEREMOTIONS project (http://www.cyberemotions.eu), as well as in the relationship between affective states and facial activity and how it is moderated by different social contexts. How are such expressions perceived? What is the role of dynamic aspects of facial activity for the attribution of emotions, attitudes, intentions? While these questions are basic in nature, they have direct applications, for example for human-machine interaction, virtual agents, or automatic analysis of facial behavior.
A second large EU funded project called eCUTE started in September 2010. (http://www.ecute.eu) - the goal of this project is to develop an innovative technological application to aid cultural understanding and empathy in children and young adults. How could empathy be measured to evaluate effects of such technological applications?
Books:
- Kappas, A., & Krämer, N.C. (Eds.). (2011). Face-to-face communication over the Internet: Emotions in a web of culture, language, and technology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Shields, S. A., & Kappas, A. (Eds.). (2006). Magda B. Arnold's contributions to emotion research and theory. New York: Psychology Press.
Journal Articles:
- Chmiel, A., Sienkiewicz, J., Thelwall, M., Paltoglou, G., Buckley, K., Kappas, A., & Holyst, J. A. (2011). Collective emotions online and their influence on community life. PLoS ONE, 6 (7), e22207.
- Hess, U., Banse, R., & Kappas, A. (1995). The intensity of facial expression is determined by underlying affective state and social situation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 280-288.
- Kappas, A. (2011). Emotion and regulation are one! Emotion Review, 3, 17-25.
- Kappas, A. (2011). Emotion is not just an alarm bell—it's the whole tootin' fire truck. Cognition and Emotion.
- Kappas, A. (2010). Smile when you read this, whether you like it or not: Conceptual challenges to affect detection. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 1(1), 38-41.
- Kappas, A. (2006). Appraisals are direct, immediate, intuitive, and unwitting... and some are reflective... Cognition and Emotion, 20, 952-975.
- Kappas, A. (2002). The science of emotion as a multidisciplinary research paradigm. Behavioural Processes, 60, 85-98.
- Kappas, A., Bherer, F., & Thériault, M. (2000). Inhibiting facial expressions: Limitations to the voluntary control of facial expressions of emotion. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 259-270.
- Kappas, A., & Mueller, M. G. (2006). Bild und Emotion -- ein neues Forschungsfeld. Publizistik. 51, 3-23.
- Kappas, A., & Olk, B. (2008). The concept of visual competence as seen from the perspective of the psychological and brain sciences. Visual Studies, 23, 162-173.
- Kappas, A., & Pecchinenda, A. (1999). Don't wait for the monsters to get you: A video game task to manipulate appraisals in real time. Cognition and Emotion, 13, 119-124.
- Krumhuber, E., & Kappas, A. (2005). Moving smiles: The role of dynamic components for the perception of the genuineness of smiles. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 29, 3-24.
- Krumhuber, E., Manstead, A. S. R., & Kappas, A. (2007). Temporal aspects of facial displays in person and expression perception: The effects of smile dynamics, head-tilt, and gender. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 31, 39-56.
Other Publications:
- Kappas, A. (2003). What facial activity can and cannot tell us about emotions. In M. Katsikitis (Ed.), The human face: Measurement and meaning (pp. 215-234). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Kappas, A. (2001). A metaphor is a metaphor is a metaphor: Exorcising the homunculus from appraisal theory. In K. R. Scherer, A. Schorr, & T. Johnstone (Eds.), Appraisal Processes in Emotion: Theory, Methods, Research (pp. 157-172). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Kappas, A., & Descôteaux, J. (2003). Of butterflies and roaring thunder: Nonverbal communication in interaction and regulation of emotion. In P. Philippot, E. J. Coats, & R. S. Feldman (Eds.), Nonverbal behavior in clinical settings (pp. 45-74). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Müller, M. G., & Kappas, A. (2011). Visual emotions – emotional visuals: Emotions, pathos formulae, and their relevance for communication research. In K. Döveling, C. von Scheve, & E. A. Konijn (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Emotions and Mass Media (pp. 310-331). Abingdon, OX; UK: Routledge.
- Olk, B., & Kappas, A. (2011). Eye tracking technology as a tool for visual research. In E. Margolis & L. Pauwels (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Visual Research Methods (pp. 433-451). London: SAGE Publications.
Courses Taught:
- Communication and Interaction
- Emotion and Motivation
- Social Neuroscience
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Arvid Kappas
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Jacobs University Bremen
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)421 200 3441
Fax: +49 (0)421 200 3303