Animation has the ability to both accentuate and hide emotions that are displayed through body language and gesture. We are exposed to both the spoken words and the subtle variations in …

These references provide a comprehensive overview of how motion in animation affects emotional responses, integrating perspectives from psychology, neuroscience, and animation …

This paper aims to explore how animation evokes emotional resonance in audiences through a systematic analysis of emotional expression, narrative strategy and audience emotional …

Emotional Avatars is an interdisciplinary research project which draws upon the knowledge of animation, computer arts, and psychology research.

This book, Emotion in Animated Films, is an ambitious collection of essays that shines this light on the invisible stuff between the frames of a body of recent animated works.

Jul 31, 2025 · Through a user study (N = 48), we systematically examine perceived emotional quality for three state-of-the-art speech-driven 3D animation methods across two specific …

Mar 17, 2025 · To address these challenges, we present EmoDifusion, a novel approach that disentangles diferent emotions in speech to generate rich 3D emotional facial expressions.