Moodialogue: Transforming Emotions into Personified, Conversational Agents

Understanding emotion for self-awareness requires recognizing not only its type and intensity but also the surrounding context and the insights it provides. While prior work has studied emotion recording, little attention has given to how such records might foster reflection on context. To address this gap, we developed Moodialogue, a system that enables users to personify emotion and engage in dialogue with it. In a six-week field study with nine participants, we found that personified emotion records supported dialogues that uncovered overlooked contexts and coexisting feelings beyond a single entry. Participants also reported savoring positive emotions more deeply and reframing negative ones from new perspectives. These findings point to design opportunities for systems that move beyond recording, enabling post-recording interactions that deepen reflection on emotional context and meaning.