Boredom during learning shows a significant association with facial action unit 43 (eye closure), but no association rules between action units¶
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q2 i? Boredom was significantly associated with AU 43 (eye closure), with no AU-to-AU association rules and only weaker non-significant trends involving eye and mouth movements. → Scotty D. Craig 2008
Evidence¶
Scotty D. Craig 2008¶
Scotty D. Craig, Sidney D'Mello, Amy Witherspoon, and Art Graesser. (2008). Emote aloud during learning with AutoTutor: Applying the Facial Action Coding System to cognitive/affective states during learning. Cognition and Emotion, 22(5), 777-788. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699930701516759
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Association rule mining result for boredom from the same dataset; Table 2 lists AU 43 with 40% coverage and kappa 0.77, marked of secondary importance. The article reports "a significant association with action unit 43 (eye closure)" and no AU-to-AU rules.
"While boredom displayed a significant association with action unit 43 (eye closure), no association rules between AUs were observed, but some weaker non-significant trends between eye movement, such as blinks and eye closure, and AUs related to mouth movement."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Confusion during learning is associated with facial action units 4, 7, and 12, with tightened lids tending to trigger a lowered brow
- Frustration during learning is associated with facial action units 1, 2, and 14, with a mutual trigger rule between the inner and outer brow raises
- The emote-aloud procedure is limited by non-reporting and floor effects: 2 of 7 participants did not verbalise affective states and four states were removed from analysis
- Emote-aloud protocols show learner emotions correlate systematically with AutoTutor dialogue features — related
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Boredom during learning shows a significant association with facial action unit 43 (eye closure), but no association rules between action units |
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Boredom during learning shows a significant association with facial action unit 43 (eye closure), but no association rules between action units |
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