Tangible User Interfaces Compensate for Low Spatial Cognition

Author

Quarles, John ; Lampo, Samsun ; Fischler, Ira ; Fishwick, Paul ; Lok, Benjamin

Author_Institution

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville

fYear

2008

fDate

8-9 March 2008

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

18

Abstract

This research investigates how interacting with tangible user interfaces (TUIs) affects spatial cognition. To study the impact of TUIs, a between subjects study was conducted (n=60) in which students learned about the operation of an anesthesia machine. A TUI was compared to two other interfaces commonly used in anesthesia education: (1) a Graphical User Interface (a 2D abstract simulation model of an anesthesia machine) and (2) a Physical User Interface (a real world anesthesia machine). Overall, the TUI was found to significantly compensate for low user spatial cognition in the domain of anesthesia machine training.

Keywords

biomedical education; cognition; computer aided instruction; graphical user interfaces; interactive devices; medical computing; 2D abstract simulation model; TUI; anesthesia machine; graphical user interface; low spatial cognition; physical user interface; tangible user interfaces; Anesthesia; Cognition; Computer applications; Fluid flow; Graphical user interfaces; Humans; Psychology; Solid modeling; User interfaces; Visualization; Anesthesia Machine; J.3 [Computer Applications]: Life and Medical Sciences ?? Health; Mixed Reality; Spatial Cognition; Tangible Interfaces; User Studies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

3D User Interfaces, 2008. 3DUI 2008. IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Reno, NE

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2047-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/3DUI.2008.4476585

Filename

4476585