• DocumentCode
    2971219
  • Title

    Using TouchPad pressure to detect negative affect

  • Author

    Mentis, Helena M. ; Gay, Geri K.

  • Author_Institution
    Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    406
  • Lastpage
    410
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Multimodal Interfaces, 2002. Proceedings. Fourth IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-1834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICMI.2002.1167029
  • Filename
    1167029