Computer Program Knows When You're Struggling With Math By Looking At Your Face

Researchers are working to create math programs that watch kids' faces and adjust problem difficulty based on how users feel. If only Number Munchers had known when you were getting frustrated. A new pilot computer program reveals how hard a kid finds math problems just by watching her face as she works, researchers report. In the future, a math game with built-in face-reading technology could adjust itself to individual kids' ability, the program's creators, a team of communications researchers...