Rosalind Picard’s research is dedicated to making intangible emotions measureable through “wearable technology” and novel techniques—with applications from autism communication to human-computer ...

What if you could scientifically confirm you were stressed? Better yet: What if you could predict a panic attack—and head it off? The Embrace by Empatica is a wearable device that aims to change the ...

Like many health conscious Americans, Dr. Rosalind Picard wears a fitness tracker on her wrist. But hers doesn't just track steps, it has an extra sensor that gathers medical information. Picard hopes ...

Each year, around 50,000 of the three million Americans living with epilepsy will die from prolonged seizures, from a condition called SUDEP — the sudden, unexpected death of someone who was otherwise ...

One of the great but nebulous promises of wearable health trackers is that, by monitoring something 24-7 that previously was only ever monitored intermittently, it will help us discover new things ...

How to read the emotional cues conveyed by facial expressions? It's a challenge to the blind and to people with autistic spectrum disorders, who are unable to understand an inflected eyebrow or ...

What can we learn about emotions, the brain and behavior from a wristband? Plenty, according to a prominent engineer. What can we learn about emotions, the brain and behavior from a wristband? Plenty, ...

Dr. Cal Lightman is about to be out of a job. The micro-expression expert central to the TV show Lie to Me could soon be joined by legions of fellow human lie detectors--but instead of squinting ...

Computers that can read and respond to human emotions can be more effective and reliable than computers that do not, according to Rosalind Picard, professor and founder of the Affective Computing ...

Things are not often how they appear to the naked eye. The people we pass by on the street, the friends we share laughs with, and even the family members we claim to know inside and out have hidden ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

As the sophistication of artificial intelligence continues to increase and AI moves further from the realm of science fiction, a philosophical question arises: When does the line between humans and ...