Orientation of Attention in Visual Feedbacks during Neurofeedback Relaxation

Mehdi Karamnejad, Diane Gromala, Amber Choo, Chris Shaw, Xin Tong

2014

Abstract

The assumptions underlying differing approaches to interface design result, in part, on how attention is managed and categorized using theories from media studies. The authors propose the term intraface to refer to biofeedback or other interfaces that are designed to support users who direct their attention inward to inner physiological states. In this paper, the role of representing feedback data in abstract forms is compared in an experiment using Neurosky’s neurofeedback device. Although preliminary, the results suggest that mapping biofeedback data from a brain-computer interface (BCI) to highly abstract ambient animations is more effective for relaxation than mapping it to a highly familiar symbolic smiley face icon or to a progress bar. The authors propose that the relative success of the abstract ambient animation can be explained because this representation of biofeedback data is the form that requires the least amount of attention, and that designing biofeedback interfaces that distribute the attention, supports the need of users to the task of directing most of their attention to their inner physiological states.

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Karamnejad M., Gromala D., Choo A., Shaw C. and Tong X. (2014). Orientation of Attention in Visual Feedbacks during Neurofeedback Relaxation . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS, ISBN 978-989-758-006-2, pages 196-203. DOI: 10.5220/0004724801960203


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@conference{phycs14,
author={Mehdi Karamnejad and Diane Gromala and Amber Choo and Chris Shaw and Xin Tong},
title={Orientation of Attention in Visual Feedbacks during Neurofeedback Relaxation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,},
year={2014},
pages={196-203},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004724801960203},
isbn={978-989-758-006-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems - Volume 1: PhyCS,
TI - Orientation of Attention in Visual Feedbacks during Neurofeedback Relaxation
SN - 978-989-758-006-2
AU - Karamnejad M.
AU - Gromala D.
AU - Choo A.
AU - Shaw C.
AU - Tong X.
PY - 2014
SP - 196
EP - 203
DO - 10.5220/0004724801960203