Mean head and shoulder heights when seated: subconscious postural cycles during discrete computerised stimuli

Witchel, Harry J, Westling, Carina, NEEDHAM, Robert, HEALY, Aoife and CHOCKALINGAM, Nachiappan (2013) Mean head and shoulder heights when seated: subconscious postural cycles during discrete computerised stimuli. In: Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics - ECCE '13, 26 – 28 August 2013, Toulouse, France.

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Discrete, three-minute, computer-presented stimuli (designed to range from engaging to incredibly boring) were used to elicit changes in cognitive/emotional states in seated, healthy volunteers. These stimuli did not require the use of a mouse, so movements were assumed to be non- instrumental. Stimuli included films, games, quizzes and music. Motion capture and video analysis were used to detect changes in head and shoulder position in response to the stimuli. Results include changes occurring between the first half and the second half of each of the main stimuli (i.e. arising in less than one minute as the volunteer "settles in"); in the second half of each stimulus, there were decreases in head height and shoulder height (i.e. position rather than movement). In conclusion, we speculate that non-instrumental changes in head height and shoulder height may suggest loss of vigilance or diminishing arousal in seated computer-users. Our unique contributions are: 1) discrete stimuli, were used on seated volunteers 2) without a mouse, to show that 3) modest (mm) head and shoulder movements in the vertical axis correlated with 4) subtle cyclical changes in boredom, not overall changes in fatigue. Future psychological validation of tutoring systems with discrete stimuli can use these postural parameters as part of a multimodal analysis of engagement.

31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics - ECCE '13

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	ECCE '13 Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics Article No. 26 ISBN: 978-1-4503-2251-5 doi>10.1145/2501907.2501957
Faculty:	Previous Faculty of Health Sciences > Psychology, Sport and Exercise
Event Title:	Proceedings of the 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics - ECCE '13
Event Location:	Toulouse, France
Event Dates:	26 – 28 August 2013
Depositing User:	Nachiappan CHOCKALINGAM
Date Deposited:	19 Nov 2013 15:10
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2023 03:47
URI:	https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/id/eprint/1799

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