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Chen H, Liu C, Hsu SE, Huang DH, Liu CY, Chiou WK. The Effects of Animation on the Guessability of Universal Healthcare Symbols for Middle-Aged and Older Adults. HUMAN FACTORS 2023; 65:1740-1758. [PMID: 34969321 DOI: 10.1177/00187208211060900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate whether animation can help to improve the comprehension of universal healthcare symbols for middle-aged and older adults. BACKGROUND The Hablamos Juntos (HJ) healthcare symbol system is a set of widely used universal healthcare symbols that were developed in the United States. Some studies indicated that HJ healthcare symbols are not well-understood by users in non-English-speaking areas. Other studies found that animations can improve users' comprehension of complex symbols. Thus, we wanted to test whether animation could help to improve users' comprehension of HJ symbols. METHODS The participants included 40 middle-aged and 40 older adults in Taiwan. We redesigned the 12 HJ symbols into three visual formats-static, basic animation, and detailed animation-and compared them to find which best improved the participants' guessability scores. RESULTS (1) Middle-aged adults' comprehension of static and basic animated symbols was significantly better than that of older adults, but there was no significant difference in the guessability scores between the two age groups in terms of detailed animated symbols; (2) In general, both basic animation and detailed animation significantly improved the guessability score, but the effect with detailed animation was significantly greater than that with basic animation; (3) Older women were more receptive to detailed animation and showed better guessing performance. CONCLUSION Detailed animation contains more details and provides a more complete explanation of the concept of the static symbols, helping to improve the comprehension of HJ symbols for middle-aged and older adult users. APPLICATION Our findings provide a reference for the possibility of new style symbol design in the digital and aging era, which can be applied to improve symbol comprehension.
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- Hao Chen
- Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Business and Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, College of Aviation, Hua Qiao University, Xiamen City, China
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- Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Institute of Creative Design and Management, National Taipei University of Business, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Industrial Design, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Department of Psychiatry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan
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Rostamzadeh S, Abouhossein A, Saremi M, Taheri F, Ebrahimian M, Vosoughi S. A comparative investigation of machine learning algorithms for predicting safety signs comprehension based on socio-demographic factors and cognitive sign features. Sci Rep 2023; 13:10843. [PMID: 37407611 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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This study examines whether the socio-demographic factors and cognitive sign features can be used for envisaging safety signs comprehensibility using predictive machine learning (ML) techniques. This study will determine the role of different machine learning components such as feature selection and classification to determine suitable factors for safety construction signs comprehensibility. A total of 2310 participants were requested to guess the meaning of 20 construction safety signs (four items for each of the mandatory, prohibition, emergency, warning, and firefighting signs) using the open-ended method. Moreover, the participants were asked to rate the cognitive design features of each sign in terms of familiarity, concreteness, simplicity, meaningfulness, and semantic closeness on a 0-100 rating scale. Subsequently, all eight features (age, experience, education level, familiarity, concreteness, meaningfulness, semantic closeness, and simplicity) were used for classification. Furthermore, the 14 most popular supervised classifiers were implemented and evaluated for safety sign comprehensibility prediction using these eight features. Also, filter and wrapper methods were used as feature selection techniques. Results of feature selection techniques indicate that among the eight features considered in this study, familiarity, simplicity, and meaningfulness are found to be the most relevant and effective components in predicting the comprehensibility of selected safety signs. Further, when these three features are used for classification, the K-NN classifier achieves the highest classification accuracy of 94.369% followed by medium Gaussian SVM which achieves a classification accuracy of 76.075% under hold-out data division protocol. The machine learning (ML) technique was adopted as a promising approach to addressing the issue of comprehensibility, especially in terms of determining factors affecting the safety signs' comprehension. The cognitive sign features of familiarity, simplicity, and meaningfulness can provide useful information in terms of designing user-friendly safety signs.
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- Sajjad Rostamzadeh
- Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Ergonomics, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Occupational Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemmat Highway, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran
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- Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Occupational Health Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemmat Highway, Tehran, 1449614535, Iran.
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Wei Q, Du X, Lin Y, Hou G, Liu S, Fang H, Jin M. Recognition Mechanism of Dangerous Goods Marks: Evidence from an Event-Related Potential Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:5192. [PMID: 36982102 PMCID: PMC10049231 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20065192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Dangerous goods marks are the most effective means of alerting individuals to the potential dangers associated with the transport of dangerous goods. In order to gain a better understanding of how dangerous goods marks convey risk information, the cognitive processing of dangerous goods marks was examined by measuring event-related potentials (ERPs). We recruited 23 participants, and their ERP data were recorded. We discovered that the dangerous goods marks elicited a larger P200 amplitude and a smaller N300 amplitude, indicating that, compared to other marks, the dangerous goods marks exhibited stronger warning information and drew more attention from the subjects. Simultaneously, dangerous goods marks elicited insufficient emotional arousal in individuals. Therefore, these findings suggest that the designs of dangerous goods marks need to be improved, such as improving the graphic consistency. Changes in ERP patterns can be used to measure the risk perception level of dangerous goods marks, which can be used as an accurate indicator of the effectiveness of warning sign design. In addition, this study provides a theoretical foundation for the cognitive understanding mechanism of dangerous goods marks.
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- Qiang Wei
- School of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- School of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
- School of Arts and Communication, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan 430074, China
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- School of Energy and Power Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Pan Tianshou College of Architecture, Art and Design, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Education, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, China
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- School of Art and Design, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, China
- Engineering Research Center of Big Data Application in Private Health Medicine, Fujian Province University, Putian 351100, China
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- Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YW, UK
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Wang M, Ling A, He Y, Tan Y, Zhang L, Chang Z, Ma Q. Pleasure of paying when using mobile payment: Evidence from EEG studies. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1004068. [PMID: 36389456 PMCID: PMC9640944 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1004068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mobile payment has emerged as a popular payment method in many countries. While much research has focused on the antecedents of mobile payment adoption, limited research has investigated the consequences of mobile payment usage relating to how it would influence consumer behaviors (e.g., purchase intention or willingness to pay). Here, we propose that mobile payment not just reduces the “pain of paying,” a traditional view explaining why cashless payment stimulates spending, but it also evokes the “pleasure of paying,” raising from the enhanced processing fluency in completing transactions. We tested this new conceptualization of “pleasure of paying” using EEG, complementing other behavioral measures. In two studies, we found that mobile payment effectively enhanced purchase likelihood (study 1, N = 66) and such an enhancement is generalizable to both hedonic and utilitarian products (study 2, N = 29). By employing EEG measures, we provided the first neural evidence of “pleasure of paying” in addition to the signal of “pain of paying.” Critically, we demonstrated that the “pleasure of paying” is a distinctive psychological mechanism that is induced by mobile payment usage and that the “pleasure of paying” joins the “pain of paying” to mediate the increased purchase intention. We discuss the contributions and implications of these results to the ongoing evolution of cashless payment societies.
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- Manlin Wang
- School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Marketing Area, Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Business Administration, Guizhou University of Finance and Economics, Guiyang, China
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- School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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- School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Neural Management Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Qingguo Ma,
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Liu Z, Du W, Sun Z, Hou G, Wang Z. Neural Processing Differences of Facial Emotions Between Human and Vehicles: Evidence From an Event-Related Potential Study. Front Psychol 2022; 13:876252. [PMID: 35874396 PMCID: PMC9302361 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.876252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Vehicle “faces” are a crucial factor influencing consumer intention to purchase gasoline and electric vehicles. However, little empirical evidence has demonstrated whether people process a vehicle’s face similarly to a human’s face. We investigated the neural processing relationship among human facial emotions and facial emotions of gasoline and electric vehicles using a 2 (emotional) × 3 (face type) repeated measures design and electroencephalograph (EEG) recordings. The results showed that human faces appear to share a partly similar neural processing mechanism in the latency of 100–300 ms, and that both human and vehicle faces elicited the ERP components N170, EPN, and P2. The large EPN and P2 suggest that gasoline vehicle facial emotions can be perceived more efficiently than those of electric vehicles. These findings provide an insight for vehicle designers to better understand the facial emotions presented by cars.
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- Zhuo Liu
- School of Art and Design, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Zhuo Liu,
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- School of Art and Design, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- School of Art and Design, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Pan Tianshou College of Architecture, Art and Design, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
- Guanhua Hou,
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- School of Art and Design, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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Zhang M, Hou G, Chen YC. Effects of interface layout design on mobile learning efficiency: a comparison of interface layouts for mobile learning platform. LIBRARY HI TECH 2022. [DOI: 10.1108/lht-12-2021-0431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore the impact of mobile learning platforms on users' study efficiency and develop cognitive indicators to evaluate users' study efficiency on mobile learning platforms.Design/methodology/approachLayout style was the only independent factor that was investigated. A between-group experimental design was employed. Eye movement data were recorded during the experiment, following which participants were asked to complete an after-scenario questionnaire. This study evaluated the usability of the proposed new design using both subjective and objective data. The computer system usability questionnaire V3 (CSUQ) was used to measure subjective data. For the eye-tracking measure, gaze entropy, the proportion of fixation count and duration of each AOI were calculated. Gaze entropy reflects the complexity of information organization. Fixation counts and AOI duration represent the difficulty of information processing and attention distribution, respectively during the task.FindingsThe results indicated that interface layout presents significant effects on user's learning efficiency, usability and cognitive load. Sequential layout improved efficiency and satisfaction among participants and reduced information complexity. The results provided useful insights for designers whose goal is to improve user's learning efficiency under mobile learning scheme.Originality/valueThis study investigated the effects of interface layout on usability, user performance and cognitive load using subjective ratings and eye-tracking technology. Gaze entropy was used to measure the complexity of information organized by the interface design. Fixation count and duration proportion were used to identify the difficulty of information processing and distinguish users' distribution of cognitive resources. The results indicated that a vertical layout panel design was more efficient than a horizontal layout panel design. The design implications of the eye tracking indicators and research results were then summarized. This study is expected to encourage designers to optimize their design proposals using eye tracking testing.
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Hu L, Feng D, Li Y, Xu J, Zheng J. The Effect of Safety Signs on the Monitoring of Conflict and Erroneous Response. Front Psychol 2022; 13:830929. [PMID: 35250774 PMCID: PMC8891479 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.830929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The safety sign is important in our daily life and workplace to prevent potential safety issues. However, it remains undetermined whether the safety signs would influence the cognitive control ability of the people, which serves to guide the behaviors in a goal-directed manner. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effect of safety signs on cognitive control by uncovering the behavioral performance and neural manifestations underlying the monitoring of conflict and error. The participants performed a flanker task after watching low- and high-hazard safety signs with the electroencephalogram (EEG) data recorded continually. The behavioral results indicated a classic congruency effect with higher accuracy rate and faster response time under a congruent condition compared to an incongruent condition. However, no hazard effect on behavioral performances was observed. The results of event-related potentials (ERPs) demonstrated a more negative N2 elicited by the incongruent trials and an increased (error-related negativity) ERN difference between the error and correct responses in the high-hazard condition compared to those in the low-hazard condition, implying that the monitoring of the conflict and error were both enhanced after watching the high-hazard safety signs. This study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between safety signs and cognitive control, and further expand the measurements that can be applied to assess the effectiveness of safety signs design.
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- Linfeng Hu
- School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
- Zhejiang Hantemu Valve Co., Ltd., Lishui, China
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- College of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Hantemu Valve Co., Ltd., Lishui, China
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- Zhejiang Hantemu Valve Co., Ltd., Lishui, China
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- Alibaba Business School, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
- School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Jiehui Zheng,
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Yang H, Wang X, Lu A, Zhang M, Liu Y. How power and personality trait of others affect impression: Evidence from event-related potentials. COGENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/23311908.2022.2029246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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- Hongling Yang
- School of Management, Guangdong Industry Polytechnic, Guangzhou, GD, China
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, China
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, China
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, China
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, China
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- School of Psychology, South China Normal University, China
- Philosophy and Social Science Laboratory of Reading and Development in Children and Adolescents (South China Normal University), Ministry of Education, China
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- School of Management, Jinan University, Guangzhou, GD, China
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A Review of EEG and fMRI Measuring Aesthetic Processing in Visual User Experience Research. COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE 2021; 2021:2070209. [PMID: 34956344 PMCID: PMC8702354 DOI: 10.1155/2021/2070209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In human-computer interaction, the visual interaction of user experience (UX) and user interface (UI) plays an important role in enriching the quality of daily life. The purpose of our study analyzes the use of brain-computer interface (BCI), wearable technology, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore the aesthetic processing of visual neural response to UI and UX designs. Specifically, this review aims to understand neuroaesthetic processing knowledge, aesthetic appreciation models, and the ways in which visual brain studies can improve the quality of current and future UI and UX designs. Recent research has found that subjective evaluations of aesthetic appreciation produce different results for objective evaluations of brain research analysis. We applied SWOT analysis and examined the advantages and disadvantages of both evaluation methods. Furthermore, we conducted a traditional literature review on topics pertaining to the use of aesthetic processing knowledge in the visual interaction field in terms of art therapy, information visualization, website or mobile applications, and other interactive platforms. Our main research findings from current studies have helped and motivated researchers and designers to use convincing scientific knowledge of brain event-related potential, electroencephalography, and fMRI to understand aesthetic judgment. The key trend finds that many designers, artists, and engineers use artistic BCI technology in the visual interaction experience. Herein, the scientific methods applied in the aesthetic appreciation to human-computer interface are summarized, and the influence of the latest wearable brain technology on visual interaction design is discussed. Furthermore, current possible research entry points for aesthetics, usability, and creativity in UI and UX designs are explicated. The study results have implications for the visual user experience research domain as well as for interaction industries, which produce interactive projects to improve people's daily lives.
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Cao Y, Zhang Y, Ding Y, Duffy VG, Zhang X. Is an anthropomorphic app icon more attractive? Evidence from neuroergonomomics. APPLIED ERGONOMICS 2021; 97:103545. [PMID: 34352470 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2021.103545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Exploring what types of app icons are attractive has been a topic of great interest in recent years. The main purpose of this study was to explore the neural mechanism of attention capturing of the anthropomorphic app icons based on neuroergonomics. Participants' perception of different app icons was investigated by using event-related potentials (ERPs) and attractiveness evaluation. The results showed that anthropomorphic app icons were evaluated more attractive and elicted larger P2, P3 and LPP amplitude than non-anthropomorphic app icons, which indicated an attention bias to attractive anthropomprphic app icons. The time course of the attention towards anthropomorphic app icons includes three main processes: an early stimulus-driven perceptual detection of app icon features (P2 during 160-200 ms), an involuntary allocation of attention to evaluate and categorize app icons (P3 during 300-500 ms), and experiencing different emotions to anthropomorphic versus non-anthropomorphic app icons (LPP during 500-800 ms). That is, the process of users' perception and attention toward app icons combines "bottom-up" and "top-down" processes. Our findings suggest a new perspective to use ERP components (P2, P3, and LPP) to deep understanding of app icon design. A practical implication is that app icons could be designed using anthropomorphic elements to attract users.
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- Yaqin Cao
- School of Economics and Management, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, PR China; School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
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- School of Economics and Management, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, PR China
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- School of Economics and Management, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, PR China; School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.
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- School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
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- School of Economics and Management, Anhui Polytechnic University, Wuhu, PR China
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Shi A, Huo F, Hou G. Effects of Design Aesthetics on the Perceived Value of a Product. Front Psychol 2021; 12:670800. [PMID: 34393904 PMCID: PMC8359925 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.670800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Design aesthetics play a crucial role in product design. Stakeholders expect to develop highly valuable premium products by improving the design aesthetics of products. Nevertheless, the question of how to evaluate the value of design aesthetics has not been fully addressed. In this study, the effects of design aesthetics on the evaluation of the value of a product were investigated through a strictly controlled experiment in which the neural responses of the participants were measured. Forty participants completed the design aesthetics experiment in a laboratory setting. Images of products were divided into two categories: those representing high- and low-design-aesthetic stimuli. Both types of images were labeled with the same price. Overall, the images representing high design aesthetics elicited smaller N100 and lower P200 amplitudes than did the images representing low design aesthetics. This finding indicates that low design aesthetics attracted more attention than high design aesthetics did and that high design aesthetics triggered positive emotions. Low-design-aesthetic products elicited a larger N400 amplitude. This finding reveals the inconsistency between labeled and expected prices. The present study indicates that the N400 component can be used as an indicator for measuring the perceived value of a product in a future product design study. Our study provides event-related potential indicators that can be easily applied in decision making for measuring the perceived value of a product's design.
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- Aiqin Shi
- College of Arts and Design, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Pan Tianshou College of Architecture, Arts and Design, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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- Pan Tianshou College of Architecture, Arts and Design, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China
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Yuan J, Song Z, Hu Y, Fu H, Liu X, Bian J. Electrophysiological Correlates of Processing Warning Signs With Different Background Colors: An Event-Related Potentials Investigation. Front Psychol 2021; 12:648871. [PMID: 33959078 PMCID: PMC8093406 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.648871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Warning signs, as a type of safety signs, are widely applied in our daily lives to informing people about potential hazards and prompting safe behavior. Although previous studies have paid attention to the color of warning signs, they are mostly based on surveys and behavioral experiments. The neural substrates underlying the perception of warning signs with different background colors remain not clearly characterized. Therefore, this research is intended to address this gap with event-related potentials (ERPs) technique. Warning signs with three different background colors (i.e., white, yellow, and blue) were used in the experiment. The results showed that the perceptual differences between different warning signs were present in the form of differential ERPs components (P1, N1, P2, N2, and P3) though subjects were not required to explicitly attend to the warning signs.
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- Jingpeng Yuan
- Zhejiang Zheshang Engineering Service of Equipment Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Economic Construction Investment Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Traffic Information, Zhejiang Expressway Information Engineering and Technology Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China.,ZEIET Research Institute, Hangzhou, China.,Neuromanagement Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang State-owned Capital Operation Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China
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- School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Zheshang Engineering Service of Equipment Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Traffic Information, Zhejiang Expressway Information Engineering and Technology Co., LTD., Hangzhou, China.,ZEIET Research Institute, Hangzhou, China.,Neuromanagement Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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Bian J, Fu H, Jin J. Are We Sensitive to Different Types of Safety Signs? Evidence from ERPs. Psychol Res Behav Manag 2020; 13:495-505. [PMID: 32581609 PMCID: PMC7279717 DOI: 10.2147/prbm.s248947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose Safety signs are widely used to deliver safety-related information. There are many different types of safety signs. Although previous studies have paid attention to the design and effectiveness of safety signs, little attention has been devoted to investigating how people process the information conveyed by different types of safety signs. Accordingly, the current study is intended to explore the neural mechanisms underlying people’s perception of different types of safety signs. Methods Three types of safety signs (prohibition, mandatory and warning signs) were used in the study. We employed questionnaire and event-related potentials (ERPs) experiment with an implicit paradigm to probe how people perceive these three types of safety signs. Results Behaviorally, warning signs induced a higher level of perceived hazard than prohibition signs and mandatory signs, and prohibition signs induced a higher level of perceived hazard than mandatory signs. At the brain level, prohibition signs and warning signs led to reduced P2 amplitudes compared to mandatory signs. In addition, warning signs elicited larger N2 and N4 amplitudes than prohibition signs and mandatory signs, and prohibition signs elicited larger N2 and N4 amplitudes than mandatory signs, coinciding with the behavioral results. Conclusion Different types of safety signs led to significant differences in individuals’ hazard perception. Based on the neural results, we suggest that the processing of safety signs consists of two stages: the rapid detection of hazard information (indicated by P2) and the conscious integration of hazard information in working memory (indicated by N2 and N4).
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- Jun Bian
- Department of Traffic Information, Zhejiang Expressway Information Engineering Technology CO., LTD, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,ZEIET Research Institute, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Neuromanagement Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Electronic Commerce, School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Academy of Neuroeconomics and Neuromanagement, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China
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- Academy of Neuroeconomics and Neuromanagement, Ningbo University, Ningbo, People's Republic of China
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