Virtual psychologist

If you are in a state of depression, the 'psychologist' created by the computer can read it as if it is clearly written on your face.

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Researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) are developing SimSensei , an avatar system based on Kinect technology that monitors and analyzes signs of anxiety in a person.

Ellie did not miss any of the patient's nonverbal expression - (Photo: USC)

The ' Digital Psychologist' , the work of the USC experts, was named Ellie.

A product of the expert group led by Dr. Stefan Scherer, the ' avatar ' psychiatrist is equipped with facial recognition and depth-sensing technology to read facial movements, body, posture, linguistic models and acoustics to 'diagnose' the psychological state of the 'patient'.

'The general diagnostic approach is only done by answering questions whether or not the whole behavior is not expressed verbally in the patient is not considered , ' according to New Scientist. Scherer expert.

And his team decided to make use of the long-standing non-verbal cues in the diagnosis of the patient's psychological condition.