@article {3105, title = {On the Role of Affective Properties in Hedonic and Discriminant Haptic Systems}, journal = {International Journal of Social Robotics}, volume = {9}, year = {2017}, month = {01/2017}, pages = {87{\textendash}95}, abstract = {

Common haptic devices are designed to effectively provide kinaesthetic and/or cutaneous discriminative inputs to the users by modulating some physical parameters. However, in addition to this behavior, haptic stimuli were proven to convey also affective inputs to the brain. Nevertheless, such affective properties of touch are often disregarded in the design (and consequent validation) of haptic displays. In this paper we present some preliminary experimental evidences about how emotional feelings, intrinsically present while interacting with tactile displays, can be assessed. We propose a methodology based on a bidimensional model of elicited emotions evaluated by means of simple psychometric tests and statistical inference. Specifically, affective dimensions are expressed in terms of arousal and valence, which are quantified through two simple one-question psychometric tests, whereas statistical inference is based on rank-based non-parametric tests. In this work we consider two types of haptic systems: (i) a softness display, FYD-2, which was designed to convey purely discriminative softness haptic stimuli and (ii) a system designed to convey affective caress-like stimuli (by regulating the velocity and the strength of the {\textquotedblleft}caress{\textquotedblright}) on the user forearm. Gender differences were also considered. In both devices, the affective component clearly depends on the stimuli and it is gender-related. Finally, we discuss how such outcomes might be profitably used to guide the design and the usage of haptic devices, in order to take into account also the emotional component, thus improving system performance.

}, keywords = {Haptics}, issn = {1875-4791}, doi = {10.1007/s12369-016-0371-x}, url = {http://rdcu.be/ugoW}, author = {M. Bianchi and G. Valenza and A Lanata and A. Greco and M. Nardelli and A. Bicchi and E. P. Scilingo} } @proceedings {2900, title = {On the Pleasantness of a Haptic Stimulation: How Different Textures can be Recognized through Heart Rate Variability Nonlinear Analysis}, year = {2016}, address = {Orlando, USA, August 16-20, 2016}, author = {M. Nardelli and A. Greco and M. Bianchi and E. P. Scilingo and G. Valenza} } @article {3254, title = {Predicting Mood Changes in Bipolar Disorder through Heartbeat Nonlinear Dynamics}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics}, year = {2016}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and C. Gentili and G. Bertschy and M. Kosel and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2898, title = {Towards a Novel Generation of Haptic and Robotic Interfaces: Integrating A ective Physiology in Human-Robot Interaction}, booktitle = {IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 2016.}, year = {2016}, note = {
This work is supported in part by the European Re-
search Council under the Advanced Grant SoftHands {\textquotedblleft}A
Theory of Soft Synergies for a New Generation of Artificial
Hands{\textquotedblright} (no. ERC-291166), by the EU FP7 project {\textquotedblleft}WEAR-
able HAPtics for Humans and Robots (WEARHAP){\textquotedblright} (no.
601165) and by the EU H2020 project {\textquotedblleft}SoftPro: Synergy-
based Open-source Foundations and Technologies for Pros-
thetics and RehabilitatiOn{\textquotedblright} (H2020-ICT-688857).
}, address = {New York, August 26-31, 2016}, doi = {10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745100}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7745100}, author = {M. Bianchi and G. Valenza and A. Greco and M. Nardelli and E. Battaglia and A. Bicchi and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2593, title = {Arousal recognition system based on heartbeat dynamics during auditory elicitation}, booktitle = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, pages = {6110{\textendash}6113}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Milano, ITA}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, doi = {10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319786}, author = {M. Nardelli and G. Valenza and A. Greco and A Lanata and E. P. Scilingo} } @article {2387, title = {Characterizing psychological dimensions in non-pathological subjects through autonomic nervous system dynamics}, journal = {Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience}, volume = {9}, year = {2015}, month = {03/2015}, doi = {dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2015.00037}, author = {M. Nardelli and G. Valenza and Cristea, I. and C. Gentili and C. Cotet and David, D. and A Lanata and E. P. Scilingo} } @article {3238, title = {Complexity Index from a Personalized Wearable Monitoring System for Assessing Remission in Mental Health}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics}, volume = {19}, year = {2015}, pages = {132{\textendash}139}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {A Lanata and G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and C. Gentili and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2596, title = {Electrodermal activity analysis during affective haptic elicitation}, booktitle = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, pages = {5777{\textendash}5780}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Milano, ITA}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, doi = {10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319705}, author = {A. Greco and G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and M. Bianchi and A Lanata and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2592, title = {Electroencephalographic spectral correlates of caress-like affective haptic stimuli}, booktitle = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, pages = {4733{\textendash}4736}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Milano, ITA}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, doi = {10.1109/EMBC.2015.7319451}, author = {G. Valenza and A. Greco and M. Nardelli and M. Bianchi and A Lanata and S. Rossi and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2594, title = {Gender-specific velocity recognition of caress-like stimuli through nonlinear analysis of Heart Rate Variability}, booktitle = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, year = {2015}, note = {

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}, pages = {298{\textendash}301}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Milano, ITA}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, doi = {10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318359}, author = {M. Nardelli and G. Valenza and M. Bianchi and A. Greco and A Lanata and A. Bicchi and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {3249, title = {Predicting mood changes in bipolar disorder through heartbeat nonlinear dynamics: A preliminary study}, booktitle = {Computing in Cardiology Conference (CinC), 2015}, year = {2015}, pages = {801{\textendash}804}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and A. Lanat{\`a} and C. Gentili and G. Bertschy and E. P. Scilingo} } @article {2417, title = {Recognizing Emotions Induced by Affective Sounds through Heart Rate Variability}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing}, year = {2015}, author = {M. Nardelli and G. Valenza and A. Greco and A Lanata and E. P. Scilingo} } @conference {2082, title = {Design and preliminary affective characterization of a novel fabric-based tactile display}, booktitle = {Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS), 2014 IEEE}, year = {2014}, pages = { 591 - 596}, address = {Houston, TX}, keywords = {Haptics, Robotics}, doi = {10.1109/HAPTICS.2014.6775522}, author = {M. Bianchi and G. Valenza and A. Serio and A Lanata and L. Greco and M. Nardelli and E. P. Scilingo and A. Bicchi} } @conference {2344, title = {Maximal-Radius Multiscale Entropy of Cardiovascular Variability: A Promising Biomarker of Pathological Mood States in Bipolar Disorders}, booktitle = {36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC)}, year = {2014}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and G. Bertschy and A Lanata and R. Barbieri and E. P. Scilingo} } @article {2143, title = {Wearable Monitoring for Mood Recognition in Bipolar Disorder based on History-Dependent Long-Term Heart Rate Variability Analysis}, journal = {IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics}, year = {2014}, keywords = {Bioengineering}, author = {G. Valenza and M. Nardelli and A Lanata and C. Gentili and G. Bertschy and R. Paradiso and E. P. Scilingo} }