Title :
Using TouchPad pressure to detect negative affect
Author :
Mentis, Helena M. ; Gay, Geri K.
Author_Institution :
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
Humans naturally use behavioral cues in their interactions with other humans. The Media Equation proposes that these same cues are directed towards media, including computers. It is probable that detection of these cues by a computer during run-time could improve usability design and analysis. A preliminary experiment testing one of these cues, Synaptics TouchPad pressure, shows that behavioral cues can be used as a critical incident indicator by detecting negative affect.
Keywords :
force feedback; haptic interfaces; human factors; Media Equation; Synaptics; TouchPad pressure; behavioral cues; critical incident indicator; experiment; negative affect; run-time; usability; user interaction; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Electric breakdown; Equations; Humans; Impedance; Productivity; Runtime; Testing; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Multimodal Interfaces, 2002. Proceedings. Fourth IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1834-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICMI.2002.1167029
