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Gauging the utility of ambient displays by measuring cognitive load
Cognition, Technology & Work ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-23 , DOI: 10.1007/s10111-020-00639-8
Ben Shelton , Keith Nesbitt , Alexander Thorpe , Ami Eidels

Ambient Displays, a sub-class of ubiquitous computing, aim to present non-critical information using peripheral visualisation with minimal distraction. The utility of Ambient Displays relies on providing useful, well-designed information in a way that does not increase the users cognitive load. Assessing the cognitive load of an Ambient Display is thus an important part of the development process. In this paper we review the key design dimensions of Ambient Displays and consider how they impact on cognitive load. We then examine various approaches for measuring cognitive load before describing a study that investigates a novel use of a dual-task measure to evaluate the cognitive load of a specific Ambient Display. A between-subjects design with 40 participants was used, with the Ambient Display active for half of these participants. All participants completed three different primary tasks (n-back, visual digit span, and auditory digit span) alongside the secondary, Detection Response Task. The results show that the n-back task is the most appropriate for manipulating primary task load when evaluating such displays and that the dual-task paradigm can be used to provide an objective measure of workload. Analysis of the participants primary and secondary task performance indicates that the evaluated Ambient Display imposed no additional cognitive load.

中文翻译:

通过测量认知负荷来衡量环境显示的效用

Ambient Displays 是无处不在计算的一个子类,旨在使用外围可视化以最小的干扰呈现非关键信息。Ambient Displays 的效用依赖于以不增加用户认知负荷的方式提供有用的、精心设计的信息。因此,评估环境显示器的认知负荷是开发过程的重要组成部分。在本文中,我们回顾了环境显示器的关键设计维度,并考虑它们如何影响认知负荷。然后,我们在描述一项研究之前,研究了测量认知负荷的各种方法,该研究调查了双任务测量的新用途来评估特定环境显示器的认知负荷。使用了 40 名参与者的受试者间设计,其中一半的参与者使用了环境显示。所有参与者都完成了三个不同的主要任务(n-back、视觉数字跨度和听觉数字跨度)以及次要的检测响应任务。结果表明,在评估此类显示时,n-back 任务最适合操纵主要任务负载,并且双任务范式可用于提供对工作负载的客观测量。对参与者主要和次要任务表现的分析表明,评估后的环境显示器没有施加额外的认知负荷。结果表明,在评估此类显示时,n-back 任务最适合操纵主要任务负载,并且双任务范式可用于提供对工作负载的客观测量。对参与者主要和次要任务表现的分析表明,评估后的环境显示器没有施加额外的认知负荷。结果表明,在评估此类显示时,n-back 任务最适合操纵主要任务负载,并且双任务范式可用于提供对工作负载的客观测量。对参与者主要和次要任务表现的分析表明,评估后的环境显示器没有施加额外的认知负荷。
更新日期:2020-06-23
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