HCI Course: The Human Stephen Gilbert June 20, 2014 SPIRE-EIT
Inputs & Outputs Vision Hearing Touch Movement
Vision
Visual Angle / Visual Acuity Spaces detectable at 30 sec – 1 min of visual arc
Brightness Luminance is physical (photometer) Brightness is a perception Measured in JNDs –just noticeable difference in luminance Higher luminance –Higher acuity –Higher flicker ( > 50 Hz, periphery)
Color HUE SAT. VALUE / BRIGHTNESS
Low Blue Acuity 3% blue
Colorblindness Protanopia – no red Deuteranopia – no green Tritanopia – no blue rare ~ 8% of males ~ 1% of females
Some Illusions
The quick brown fox jumps over the the lazy dog.
Some Illusions YouTube, esp. recent OK Go video and Videos by Brusspup
Design Ideas Reading: line lengths 2.3” – 5.2” are good Dark characters on light screen –Negative contrast gives higher luminance Motion in periphery is eye-catching
Hearing Pitch Loudness (percept of amplitude) Timbre Cocktail party effect
Touch Thermoreceptors (heat /cold) Nociceptors (pressure & pain) Mechanoreceptors –Rapidly adapting (poke) –Slowly adapting (hold) Kinesthesis Try: Two-point Discrimination Threshold
Touch: Homunculus SomatosenoryMotor
Movement Hick-Hyman law – time to choose Fitts’ law – time to move Reaction Time = a + b log 2 (distance/size + 1) Selection Time = a + b log 2 N
Info Processing Model
x x PUSH- YES PUSH- YES
Stroop
BLACK RED GREEN BLACK BLUE RED BLACK GREEN BLUE RED
BLACK BLUE GREEN RED BLUE RED BLACK GREEN BLACK
Memory Demo
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Dog
Umbrella
Hat
iPhone
Shoelace
Justice
Lawnmower
Hamster
Contract
Eggs
Book
Accordion
Javelin
Zebra
Bat
Peg
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Memory Demo 2
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KEF
LAK
NEL
VEK
NER
LON
NEM
BEB
SAR
FIF
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Expected Results Word Position % Recall Average # recalled words = 8
Chess Who is winning?
Chess Who is winning? How do you know?
Chess Who is winning? How do you know? What do you remember? Experts vs. Amateurs
Memory
7 +/- 2 Chunks L Q R A Z J N P M Discredited
7 +/- 2 Chunks A B C I B M F B I Discredited
Mental Representations Semantic Network Frames Scripts
Semantic Network
Frames
Scripts Entry conditions dog ill vet open owner has money Props exam table medicine instruments Roles vet examines owner brings dog Scenes arrive at reception wait in room examination pay
We are not logical…
Reasoning ala Wason Fact: –All cards have letter on one side and number on the other Rule: –If there’s a vowel on one side, there’s an odd number on the other side. Question: –Which card(s) do you turn over to verify the rule?
Reasoning (2) Fact: –All cards represent people - the person’s drink is on one side, age is on the other. Rule: –If the person is drinking alcohol, he or she must be over 21 Question: –Which card(s) do you turn over to verify the rule?