@inproceedings{67dd283e7cbe4ec6a264a2d64891fccc,
title = "An Integrative Network Modeling Approach for the Interplay of Emotion Contagion, Empathic Responding, and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation for an AI Coach",
abstract = "This paper won the Best Paper Award at the ICCCI 2025 conference. In this paper a network modeling approach is introduced to integrate different important elements for social interaction between a human-like AI Coach and its users in sometimes stressful circumstances. The computational approach integrates concepts from neuroscience such as generating multiple emotions , mirroring and emotion contagion, self-other distinction and emotion attribution, empathic responding, individual emotion regulation, and interpersonal emotion regulation. It is shown how, for example in stressful circumstances, such a human-like AI Coach over some time period is able to (1) resonate with a user's emotions and show empathy, and (2) if needed regulate the user's emotions.",
author = "Wissal Mestour and Jan Treur and P.H.M.P. Roelofsma and Sophie Hendrikse",
year = "2026",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-032-09321-9\_4",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783032093202",
volume = "2",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer Nature",
pages = "47--62",
editor = "Nguyen, \{Ngoc Thanh\} and Adrianna Kozierkiewicz and \{Dinh Duc Anh\}, Vu and \{Nguyen Van\}, Sinh and Manuel N{\'u}{\~n}ez and Jan Treur and Gottfried Vossen",
booktitle = "Computational Collective Intelligence",
address = "Switzerland",
}