Online disinhibition mediates the relationship between emotion regulation difficulties and uncivil communication.

Uncivil online communication is a widely problematized cultural by-product of computer-mediated communication that, however, remains theoretically underexplained. While previous research shows that personal tendency for uncivil communication is partially influenced by individuals' personality and empathy skills, the factors of inter-individual variation remain largely unknown. The present study examined individuals' emotion regulation skills as a possible predictor of uncivil communication.

Dog-Owner Relationship, Owner Interpretations and Dog Personality Are Connected with the Emotional Reactivity of Dogs.

We evaluated the effect of the dog-owner relationship on dogs' emotional reactivity, quantified with heart rate variability (HRV), behavioral changes, physical activity and dog owner interpretations. Twenty nine adult dogs encountered five different emotional situations (i.e.

Experience-Dependent Effects to Situational Awareness in Police Officers: An Eye Tracking Study.

Police work requires making suitable observations which form the basis of situational awareness (SA) of the encounter in progress. Incomplete early-stage SA (i.e.

Description of movement sensor dataset for dog behavior classification.

Movement sensor data from seven static and dynamic dog behaviors (sitting, standing, lying down, trotting, walking, playing, and (treat) searching i.e. sniffing) was collected from 45 middle to large sized dogs with six degree-of-freedom movement sensors attached to the collar and the harness.

The Interplay Between Affect, Dog's Physical Activity and Dog-Owner Relationship.

Leaving a dog home alone is part of everyday life for most dog owners. Previous research shows that dog-owner relationship has multifarious effects on dog behavior. However, little is known about the interplay between dog-owner relationship, physical activity of the dog, and affective experiences at the time of the owner leaving home and reunion when the owner comes home.

Electrically Induced Blink for the Prevention of Ocular Symptoms and Blurred Vision in Patients With Acute Facial Nerve Palsy.

: Facial nerve palsy causes blurred vision and ocular discomfort due to deficits in blinking and eye closure. The objective of this study was to determine whether eye-blinks could be elicited by electrical stimulation and whether electrically induced blink would have an effect on the visual acuity and ocular symptoms in patients with acute facial nerve palsy. : The zygomatic branch of the facial nerve of fifteen participants with acute facial nerve palsy was electrically stimulated in order to elicit a blink.

Effect of pulse waveforms on movement amplitudes and perceived discomfort in electric muscle stimulation in unresolved facial nerve palsy.

Studies on the effects of the pulse waveform used in electrical muscle stimulation on the activations and perceived discomfort of the waveform have been mainly executed on limb muscles with variable results, however, knowledge of these effects on facial muscles is currently lacking. We studied two waveforms, square wave and sinusoidal wavelet, for the activation of the frontalis muscle in 9 individuals with unresolved facial nerve palsy. Both waveforms produced a movement that was greater in amplitude compared with the maximal voluntary movement of the affected side in 8 participants and at least as great as the healthy side's maximal voluntary movement in 4 participants.

A Comparison of Various Algorithms for Classification of Food Scents Measured with an Ion Mobility Spectrometry.

The present aim was to compare the accuracy of several algorithms in classifying data collected from food scent samples. Measurements using an electronic nose (eNose) can be used for classification of different scents. An eNose was used to measure scent samples from seven food scent sources, both from an open plate and a sealed jar.

Facial muscle reanimation by transcutaneous electrical stimulation for peripheral facial nerve palsy.

Reanimation of paralysed facial muscles by electrical stimulation has been studied extensively in animal models, but human studies in this field are largely lacking. Twenty-four subjects with a peripheral facial nerve palsy with a median duration of three years were enrolled. We studied activations of four facial muscles with electrical stimulation using surface electrodes.

Evaluation of Dry Electrodes in Canine Heart Rate Monitoring.

The functionality of three dry electrocardiogram electrode constructions was evaluated by measuring canine heart rate during four different behaviors: Standing, sitting, lying and walking. The testing was repeated (n = 9) in each of the 36 scenarios with three dogs. Two of the electrodes were constructed with spring-loaded test pins while the third electrode was a molded polymer electrode with Ag/AgCl coating.

Emotional responses of clients to veterinarian communication style during a vaccination visit in companion animal practice.

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of veterinarian communication (ie, the information provided and gaze and body direction) and vaccination style on the emotions and physiologic reactions experienced by clients and on clients' evaluation of the expertise and trustworthiness of the veterinarian. DESIGN Simulation study. PARTICIPANTS 20 small animal clients.

A survey on the feasibility of surface EMG in facial pacing.

A survey on the feasibility of surface electromyography (EMG) measurements in facial pacing is presented. Pacing for unilateral facial paralysis consists of the measurement of activity from the healthy side of the face and functional electrical stimulation to reanimate the paralyzed one. The goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of surface EMG as a measurement method to detect muscle activations and to determine their intensities.

Comparison of saltation, amplitude modulation, and a hybrid method of vibrotactile stimulation.

Illusory vibrotactile movement can be used to provide directional tactile information on the skin. Our research question was how the presentation method affects the perception of vibrotactile movement. Illusion of vibrotactile mediolateral movement was elicited to a left dorsal forearm to investigate cognitive and emotional experiences to vibrotactile stimulation.

A wearable, wireless gaze tracker with integrated selection command source for human-computer interaction.

A light-weight, wearable, wireless gaze tracker with integrated selection command source for human-computer interaction is introduced. The prototype system combines head-mounted, video-based gaze tracking with capacitive facial movement detection that enable multimodal interaction by gaze pointing and making selections with facial gestures. The system is targeted mainly to disabled people with limited mobility over their hands.

Creation of virtual reality stimulus for a psychophysiological body balance measurement.

Virtual reality methods and equipment can be used to create stimulations for several psychophysiological measurements. Such stimulations can be flexibly modified and their versatility is wide; in principle even such could be prepared that are not possible in the real physical world like virtual flying in the space. For the generation of virtual reality stimulations we constructed a three-dimensional (3D) graphics engine to measure body balance variations in response to emotional stimulation.

Feature-based detection of facial landmarks from neutral and expressive facial images.

Feature-based method for detecting landmarks from facial images was designed. The method was based on extracting oriented edges and constructing edge maps at two resolution levels. Edge regions with characteristic edge pattern formed landmark candidates.

Neural network screening of electromyographic signals as the first phase to design novel human-computer interaction.

The present aim was to describe the first phase attempts to recognise voluntarily produced changes in electromyographic signals measured from two facial muscles. Thirty subjects voluntarily activated two facial muscles, corrugator supercilii and zygomaticus major. We designed a neural network based recognition system that screened out muscle activations from the electromyographic signals.

Neural networks in recognition of electrical signals recorded from two facial muscle sites.

The present aim was to develop signal analysis methods to recognize muscle action potentials recorded with electromyography (EMG) from two facial muscle sites, corrugator supercilii (the muscle activated in frowning) and zygomaticus major (the muscle activated in smiling). Fourteen subjects produced volitional activations on both muscle sites, first, on a single muscle site activation basis and finally combinatory activations of both muscle sites. Wavelets and neural networks were used to analyse these voluntarily produced bursts of electric signals.