The EMOID research group

The Research Group for EMOtional Interaction, Decision making, and technology (EMOID)

The mission of EMOID is to conduct world-class research to increase our understanding of the emotional and cognitive processes when humans are interacting with ICT, media, games, services, and other people in different contexts, including decision-making situations.

The research foci of EMOID include:

  • Mediated and non-mediated social interaction (e.g., during technology and media use or a service encounter)
  • Emotional, cognitive, and neural processes during decision making (neuroeconomics)
  • Entertainment and serious digital games

Emotion- and cognition-related neuro-/psychophysiological recordings can be carried out when people are interacting and making choices in different contexts (e.g., laboratory, street, department store). EMOID has high expertise in using neuro-/psychophysiological recordings to index emotional and cognitive processes. EMOID has a state-of-the-art neuro-/psychophysiology laboratory, including data acquisition systems (Brain Products, http://www.brainproducts.com/) for recording electroencephalography (EEG), facial electromyography (EMG), electrocardiography (ECG), and electrodermal activity (EDA), among other signals. The group has also SMI Eye Tracking Glasses (http://www.eyetracking-glasses.com/) and several advanced mobile psychophysiological measurement devices (Varioport-ARM, Becker Meditec) that enable the aforementioned neuro-/psychophysiological recordings in real-life contexts.

 

Projects

  • Psychophysiological Methods in the Study of Emotional and Cognitive Success Factors of Information Services (2002-2004, Wihuri Foundation)
  • MEC, Presence: Measurement, Effects, Conditions (2002-2006, EU FP5-IST)
  • MC2, Mobile Content Communities (2003-2006, TEKES)
  • FUGA, The Fun of Gaming: Measuring the Human Experience of Media Enjoyment (2006-2009, EU FP6-NEST )
  • PASION, Psychologically Augmented Social Interaction over Networks (2006-2009, EU FP6-IST)
  • Effects of Emotions and Unconscious Processes on Financial Decision Making (2007-2010, Emil Aaltonen Foundation)
  • MINET, Measuring the Impossible NETwork (2007-2010, EU FP6-NEST )
  • SAWUI, Supporting Situation Awareness in Demanding Operating Environments through Wearable Interfaces (2008-2010, TEKES)
  • aivoAALTO (2009 -)
  • Enactive Social Media and Games (2009, Media Factory, Aalto University)
  • EILEAD, The Relationship of Actual and Appraised Emotional Intelligence Competencies with Successful Leadership (2009-2010, The Finnish Work Environment Fund)
  • Emokeitai (2009-2011, TEKES )
  • Enactive Media (2009-2011, Academy of Finland)
  • TARGET, Transformative, Adaptive, Responsive and enGaging EnvironmenT (2009-2011, EU FP7-ICT)
  • DiRe, Digital Reputation (2010-2011, TEKES)
  • Play Society (2011-2012 , TEKES)
  • Media2: Future Media Dynamics (2011-2012, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation)
  • LeadEmo, An Advanced Method for Training Emotional Intelligence of Managers (2011-2013, TEKES)
  • eReading (2010-2013 , Next Media Programme, TEKES)
  • Inpatia – Innovation empathy (Tekes, 2013-2014)

            

People 

Director of Research:

Niklas Ravaja, Ph.D. 

Researchers:

Mikko Salminen, M.A. 

Matias Kivikangas, M.A. 

Simo Järvelä, B.A. 

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