Publications by authors named "Kei Shimonishi"

Article Synopsis
  • Eating alone can lead to psychological distress, but the impact of eating together online on autonomic nervous system functions was previously unstudied.
  • In a pilot study, healthy volunteers were divided into two groups: one eating together online and the other eating alone, to measure changes in heart rate variability (HRV).
  • Results showed that participants who ate together online experienced a significant increase in HRV, indicating improved autonomic nervous system function and suggesting that social eating may promote physiological synchrony. *
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While eye gaze data contain promising clues for inferring the interests of viewers of digital catalog content, viewers often dynamically switch their focus of attention. As a result, a direct application of conventional behavior analysis techniques, such as topic models, tends to be affected by items or attributes of little or no interest to the viewer. To overcome this limitation, we need to identify "when" the user compares items and to detect "which attribute types/values" reflect the user's interest.

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