Providing Feedback Pertaining to Communication Style

One or more computer devices for proving feedback in a context of a communication session among two or more participants, comprising:

• a receipt module configured to receive raw cue information from one or more input devices, where the raw cue information captures, at least in part, nonverbal communication behavior exhibited by said two or more participants during the communication session;
• a preprocessing module configured to process the raw cue information to provide processed cue information;
• a signal determination module configured to map the processed cue information into signal information,
• the signal information comprising two or more dimensions, including:
• an affiliation dimension which describes a degree to which at least one participant attempts to reduce interpersonal distance with another participant, creating intimacy and immediacy during the communication session;
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• a control dimension which describes a degree to which power is distributed among the participants of the communication session.

A computer readable storage medium for storing computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions providing a cue processing system when executed by one or more processing devices, the computer readable instructions comprising:

• logic configured to receive raw cue information from one or more input devices, the raw cue information capturing, at least in part, nonverbal communication behavior exhibited by participants of a communication session, and at least one factor pertaining to an environment in which the communication session takes place;
• logic configured to process the raw cue information to provide processed cue information;
• logic configured to use at least one model to map the processed cue information into signal information, the signal information conveying empathy exhibited during the communication session,
• the signal information comprising two or more dimensions selected from among the dimensions of:
• an affiliation dimension which describes a degree to which at least one participant attempts to reduce interpersonal distance with another participant, creating intimacy and immediacy during the communication session;
• a control dimension which describes a degree to which power is distributed among the participants of the communication session;
• a composure dimension which describes a degree of anxiety that is exhibited during the communication session, versus calmness;
• a formality dimension which describes a degree to which interaction in the communication session is formal in nature, versus relaxed in nature;
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• an orientation dimension which describes a degree to which the interaction in the communication session is task-directed in nature, versus social-oriented in nature;
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• logic configured to generate interface information that represents the signal information,
• the interface information including two or more interface components, each interface component directed to a dimension of the signal information.