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1–3 of 3Research Paper·Feb 9, 2026
Affective Flow Language Model for Emotional Support Conversation
Large language models (LLMs) have been widely applied to emotional support conversation (ESC). However, complex multi-turn support remains challenging.This is because existing alignment schemes rely o...
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Research Paper·Mar 16, 2026
Listening to the Echo: User-Reaction Aware Policy Optimization via Scalar-Verbal Hybrid Reinforcement Learning
While current emotional support dialogue systems typically rely on expert-defined scalar rewards for alignment, these signals suffer from severe information sparsity. They cannot explain why a respons...
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Research Paper·Jan 26, 2026
TEA-Bench: A Systematic Benchmarking of Tool-enhanced Emotional Support Dialogue Agent
Emotional Support Conversation requires not only affective expression but also grounded instrumental support to provide trustworthy guidance. However, existing ESC systems and benchmarks largely focus...
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