Bartneck, ChristophTakahashi TKatagiri Y2019-08-192019-08-192004Bartneck C, Takahashi T, Katagiri Y (2004). Cross-Cultural Study of Expressive Avatars. Twente, Netherlands: Social Intelligence Design 2004. 2004.http://hdl.handle.net/10092/16927Avatars play an important role in international online communities. While certain simple expressions, such as facial emotional expressions are cultural independent, more complex expressions might not be. Therefore we conducted a cross-cultural study to investigate the influence of the users’ cultural background (Japanese or Dutch) on their perception of avatar’s expressions in terms of perceived arousal and valence. A significant gender difference was found for valence. Women and in particular Japanese women rated the expressions more positive.encross-cultureavatarsexpressionsanimationsarousalvalenceConference Contributions - Other2019-06-12Field of Research::08 - Information and Computing Sciences::0806 - Information Systems::080602 - Computer-Human InteractionField of Research::08 - Information and Computing Sciences::0801 - Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing::080101 - Adaptive Agents and Intelligent RoboticsField of Research::17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences::1701 - Psychology::170113 - Social and Community PsychologyField of Research::08 - Information and Computing Sciences::0801 - Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing::080111 - Virtual Reality and Related Simulation