Using Facial Expressiveness of a Virtual Agent to Induce Empathy in Users

Healthcare simulators are learning environments that offer many training opportunities. The integration of expressive virtual patients in these encourages the exchanges and provokes emotional reactions learner, which promotes memorization learning. Based on elements, we assume facial expressiveness a agent is factor to be considered order improve user experience. We investigate impact humans empathy induction health simulators. also user’s sense similarity affective bond with agent. Our results show high score when users train Depending context, observe significant difference perspective-taking favor who interact an without expressiveness.