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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & AI

Exploring Emotional Intelligence in Humans and AI

EmoScan explores how people express emotion, how AI interprets emotional signals, and how technology can make human–AI communication more natural, useful and respectful.

Independent exploration. EmoScan is not a university or academic research institution. We study public research, test ideas through practical tools, and follow developments in emotional intelligence and affective AI.
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languages supported
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selected papers
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privacy-first principle
OUR DIRECTION

Building a bridge between human and artificial emotional intelligence

Human emotional intelligence depends on context, experience, empathy and social understanding. AI works differently. We are interested in where these two systems overlap, where they differ, and how that knowledge can improve communication.

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Human emotional intelligence

How people recognize tone, context, humor, uncertainty, sadness, warmth and other emotional signals in communication.

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AI emotional intelligence

How models identify emotional patterns, reason about context and choose responses that are useful without pretending to feel human emotions.

WHAT WE EXPLORE

Questions at the intersection of emotion and AI

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Emotion understanding

Can AI move beyond positive or negative sentiment and understand why a person may sound frustrated, sad, uncertain or excited?

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Humor & context

Can AI understand why something is funny, recognize irony, and distinguish playful language from hostility?

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Human–AI communication

How can AI respond to emotional signals in a way that makes communication clearer, calmer and more comfortable?

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Responsible emotional AI

How can emotion analysis remain useful while respecting uncertainty, privacy and the limits of what AI can truly infer?

OPEN QUESTIONS

The questions that keep us curious

01Can AI understand why a person is sad rather than simply detect negative words?
02Can a model recognize humor, irony and emotional context without human experience?
03Does strong emotion recognition actually lead to better emotional interaction?
04How can emotionally aware AI help people without becoming intrusive or overconfident?
SELECTED RESEARCH

Research we follow

These papers are not authored by EmoScan. They are public academic works we find relevant to understanding emotional intelligence, affective computing and human–AI interaction.

arXiv · 2023

Emotional Intelligence of Large Language Models

Xuena Wang et al.

A psychometric evaluation of emotion understanding in large language models, including comparisons with human responses and an examination of whether similar scores reflect similar underlying mechanisms.

Read on arXiv ↗
arXiv · 2026

Emotional intelligence in large language models is fragmented across perception, cognition, and interaction

Minghao Lv et al.

Introduces FACET, a framework that separates emotional perception, reasoning and interaction, showing that strength in recognizing emotion does not always translate into effective emotional responses.

Read on arXiv ↗
arXiv · Under review · 2024

Generative Technology for Human Emotion Recognition: A Scope Review

Fei Ma et al.

A broad review of more than 320 studies on generative approaches to emotion recognition across text, speech, facial imagery and physiological signals.

Read on arXiv ↗
PRIVACY & RESPONSIBILITY

Understanding emotion should never come at the cost of trust

People use emotional analysis with messages, resumes, reviews and other information that may be personal. We treat privacy and data minimization as core product principles, not optional features.

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We aim to collect only what is necessary for a tool to work.
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Emotion analysis is an estimate of signals in content, not proof of what a person truly feels.
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We design EmoScan as a communication aid, not as a system for judging people or making consequential decisions about them.

From research questions to practical tools

Our goal is to turn better understanding of emotional communication into tools that help people communicate more clearly.

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