Title :
Measuring emotions in interactive contexts
Author :
Kong, Xiangling ; Yang, Ying
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Technol. & Software Technol., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Emotions involved in all human interactions experience which were elicited by products or user-product interaction have become an important object of study in the field of CHI. Product emotion influences some aspects of interaction before, during and after the use of a product. This article aims to review selectively a fair proportion of the literature on method of measuring emotions or user affective experience in interactive contexts. Some specific measurement techniques, touching on self-report of subjective experience, expressive reactions, facial reactions, and physiological reactions are reviewed, the comparability of these measures is examined, and some conclusions and suggestions for future research on product emotion measures are provided.
Keywords :
emotion recognition; user interfaces; human interactions; interactive contexts; measurement techniques; product emotion measures; user-product interaction; Autonomic nervous system; Computer science; Consumer behavior; Ergonomics; Human computer interaction; Instruments; Measurement techniques; Psychology; Software measurement; Usability; Autonomic Nervous System; Emotion; Emotion Assessment Techniques; Emotional Design; Emotional Response; Expression; Expressive Reactions; Interaction; Physiological Reactions; Self-report; Subjective Experience; User Affective Experience; User-Product Relationship;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design, 2009. CAID & CD 2009. IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wenzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5266-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5268-2
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5374937