This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Leanne M. Hirshfield; Rebecca Gulotta; Stuart Hirshfield; Hincks Sam; Matthew Russell; Rachel Ward; Tom Williams; Robert Jacob

doi:10.1145/1978942.1978996

This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy

Leanne M. Hirshfield, Rebecca Gulotta, Stuart Hirshfield, Hincks Sam, Matthew Russell, Rachel Ward, Tom Williams, Robert Jacob

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Abstract

This project represents a first step towards bridging the gap between HCI and cognition research. Using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), we introduce techniques to non-invasively measure a range of cognitive workload states that have implications to HCI research, most directly usability testing. We present a set of usability experiments that illustrates how fNIRS brain measurement provides information about the cognitive demands placed on computer users by different interface designs.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Pages	373-382
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9781450302289
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1978996
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Keywords

Brain
Brain-computer interaction
FNIRS
Mental workload
Usability

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Hirshfield, L. M., Gulotta, R., Hirshfield, S., Sam, H., Russell, M., Ward, R., Williams, T., & Jacob, R. (2011). This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. In CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts (pp. 373-382). (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1978996

This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. / Hirshfield, Leanne M.; Gulotta, Rebecca; Hirshfield, Stuart et al.
CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. p. 373-382 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Entry/Poem › Conference contribution

Hirshfield, LM, Gulotta, R, Hirshfield, S, Sam, H, Russell, M, Ward, R, Williams, T & Jacob, R 2011, This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. in CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, pp. 373-382. https://doi.org/10.1145/1978942.1978996

Hirshfield LM, Gulotta R, Hirshfield S, Sam H, Russell M, Ward R et al. This is your brain on interfaces: Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. In CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery. 2011. p. 373-382. (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings). doi: 10.1145/1978942.1978996

Hirshfield, Leanne M. ; Gulotta, Rebecca ; Hirshfield, Stuart et al. / This is your brain on interfaces : Enhancing usability testing with functional near-infrared spectroscopy. CHI 2011 - 29th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings and Extended Abstracts. Association for Computing Machinery, 2011. pp. 373-382 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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