Utilizing Information "Shape" as an Interface Metaphor Based on Genre

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine G. Toms ◽  
D. Grant Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Discourse Communities ◽  
Digital Document ◽  
Interface Metaphor ◽  
The Impact

Documents have conventions which have evolved within discourse communities and which facilitate document use. These conventions are represented in a document by visual cues that define a shape and serve as an interface metaphor in a user's interaction with a digital document. In this paper we report on the results of two studies, one of which examined the impact of . . .

scholarly journals The Impact of Shape-Based Cue Discriminability on Attentional Performance

Vision ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
Olga Lukashova-Sanz ◽  
Siegfried Wahl ◽  
Thomas S. A. Wallis ◽  
Katharina Rifai
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Processing ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Covert Attention ◽  
Orientation Discrimination ◽  
Know How ◽  
Processing Times ◽  
Attentional Performance ◽  
Cue Processing ◽  
The Impact

With rapidly developing technology, visual cues became a powerful tool for deliberate guiding of attention and affecting human performance. Using cues to manipulate attention introduces a trade-off between increased performance in cued, and decreased in not cued, locations. For higher efficacy of visual cues designed to purposely direct user’s attention, it is important to know how manipulation of cue properties affects attention. In this verification study, we addressed how varying cue complexity impacts the allocation of spatial endogenous covert attention in space and time. To gradually vary cue complexity, the discriminability of the cue was systematically modulated using a shape-based design. Performance was compared in attended and unattended locations in an orientation-discrimination task. We evaluated additional temporal costs due to processing of a more complex cue by comparing performance at two different inter-stimulus intervals. From preliminary data, attention scaled with cue discriminability, even for supra-threshold cue discriminability. Furthermore, individual cue processing times partly impacted performance for the most complex, but not simpler cues. We conclude that, first, cue complexity expressed by discriminability modulates endogenous covert attention at supra-threshold cue discriminability levels, with increasing benefits and decreasing costs; second, it is important to consider the temporal processing costs of complex visual cues.

scholarly journals Characterising Upper Limb Movements in Huntington's Disease and the Impact of Restricted Visual Cues

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e0133709 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Despard ◽  
Anne-Marie Ternes ◽  
Bleydy Dimech-Betancourt ◽  
Govinda Poudel ◽  
Andrew Churchyard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Huntington's Disease ◽  
Huntington’S Disease ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Limb Movements ◽  
Upper Limb Movements ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Introducing Databases in Context Through Customizable Visualizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne W. Dietrich ◽  
Don Goelman ◽  
Jennifer Broatch ◽  
Sharon Crook ◽  
Becky Ball ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Relational Databases ◽  
Unique Feature ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Assessment Questions

The goal of the Databases for Many Majors project is to engage a broad audience in understanding fundamental database concepts using visualizations with color and visual cues to present these topics to students across many disciplines. There are three visualizations: introducing relational databases, querying, and design. A unique feature of these learning tools is the ability for instructors in diverse disciplines to customize the content of the visualization’s example data, supporting text, and formative assessment questions to promote relevance to their students. This paper presents a study on the impact of the customized introduction to relational databases visualization on both conceptual learning and attitudes towards databases. The assessment was performed in three different courses across two universities. The evaluation shows that learning outcomes are met with any visualization, which appears to be counter to expectations. However, students using a visualization customized to the course context had more positive attitudes and beliefs towards the usefulness of databases than the control group.

scholarly journals The Impact of Transitional Movements and Non-Manual Markings on the Disambiguation of Locally Ambiguous Argument Structures in Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS)

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 652-680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Krebs ◽  
Ronnie B. Wilbur ◽  
Phillip M. Alday ◽  
Dietmar Roehm
Keyword(s):  
Sign Language ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Argument Structure ◽  
Visual Cues ◽  
Hand Movement ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Subject Position ◽  
Time Points ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Previous studies of Austrian Sign Language (ÖGS) word-order variations have demonstrated the human processing system’s tendency to interpret a sentence-initial (case-) ambiguous argument as the subject of the clause (“subject preference”). The electroencephalogram study motivating the current report revealed earlier reanalysis effects for object-subject compared to subject-object sentences, in particular, before the start of the movement of the agreement marking sign. The effects were bound to time points prior to when both arguments were referenced in space and/or the transitional hand movement prior to producing the disambiguating sign. Due to the temporal proximity of these time points, it was not clear which visual cues led to disambiguation; that is, whether non-manual markings (body/shoulder/head shift towards the subject position) or the transitional hand movement resolved ambiguity. The present gating study further supports that disambiguation in ÖGS is triggered by cues occurring before the movement of the disambiguating sign. Further, the present study also confirms the presence of the subject preference in ÖGS, showing again that signers and speakers draw on similar strategies during language processing independent of language modality. Although the ultimate role of the visual cues leading to disambiguation (i.e., non-manual markings and transitional movements) requires further investigation, the present study shows that they contribute crucial information about argument structure during online processing. This finding provides strong support for granting these cues some degree of linguistic status (at least in ÖGS).

The Impact of a Video-Mediated Communication on Separated Perinatal Couples in Japan

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-211
Author(s):  
Ryoko Furukawa ◽  
Martha Driessnack ◽  
Eiko Kobori
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Perinatal Period ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Strongly Correlated ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Japanese Communication ◽  
The Impact

Japanese communication relies heavily on nonverbal cues and context. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of video-mediated communication (VMC) on communication satisfaction and marital relationships in young couples separated during the perinatal period as they honor the Japanese tradition of Satogaeri Bunben. Couples were assigned to the VMC treatment group ( n = 14) or control group ( n = 13). A mixed-methods approach to data collection and analysis was used. Longitudinal quantitative analysis from the Primary Communication Inventory and Intimate Bond Measure revealed significant differences between the Husband groups. Primary Communication Inventory and Intimate Bond Measure were strongly correlated regardless of group. Qualitative analysis of participant diaries revealed the addition of visual cues helped create a sense of “virtual co-presence,” which was both positive and negative. In conclusion, VMC appears to improve communication in the separated Japanese perinatal couples, especially through the addition of visual cues provided with VMC.

Using colour semiotics to explore colour meanings

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen ◽  
Marie-Nathalie Jauffret
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Indexical Sign ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The impact of colour is acknowledged within the marketing field. However, research on colour communication is limited, with most prior studies focusing on pre-defined meanings or colour associations. The purpose of this paper is to reveal insights into colour meaning and propose an alternative view to understanding colour communication. Design/methodology/approach The study takes a conceptual approach and proposes Peircean semiotics to understand colour communication. The proposed framework is applied to analyse a set of colour meanings detected by prior colour research. Findings The study elucidates the underlying mechanism of how colour is read and interpreted in various marketing activities, and how meaning is conveyed. This study addresses this mechanism by identifying colour semantics and colour as a symbolic, iconic and indexical sign. Research limitations/implications The study contributes to the scholarly knowledge of colour in marketing. It enriches the understanding of how consumers interpret representations of single visual signs expressed in contexts such as products, brands and brand packaging to make informed product decisions. Practical implications By understanding consumer interpretation as a stage in the communication process, marketers can develop more informed marketing activities to communicate the intended meanings. This may well strengthen the brand identity and contribute to the perceived brand value. Originality/value By elaborating on how colours convey meanings and the mechanism that explains such meanings, this study demonstrates that colour meaning is far more than mere association. The study contributes to the current knowledge of colour by facilitating a deeper understanding of how consumers interpret representations of single visual cues expressed in various contexts.

Can itch-related visual stimuli provoke an itch response?

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (0) ◽  
pp. 173
Author(s):  
Donna M. Lloyd ◽  
Elizabeth Hall ◽  
Samantha Hall ◽  
Francis McGlone
Keyword(s):  
Visual Cues ◽  
Mirror Neuron System ◽  
Mirror Neuron ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Skin Contact ◽  
Skin Response ◽  
Static Images ◽  
Skin Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Picture Type

Itching is a common subjective sensation experienced on the skin and is associated with the desire and impulse to scratch. We tested whether visual cues could generate feelings of itch and provoke a scratch response in healthy volunteers. A secondary aim was to assess whether certain pictures were more effective in evoking sensations of itch. Thirty participants viewed static images that could either be itch-related (i.e., viewing ants or skin conditions) or neutral (viewing butterflies or healthy skin). These were further separated by picture type: ‘skin contact’ (i.e., ants crawling on the skin or a butterfly sitting on the hand); ‘skin response’ (i.e., scratching an insect bite or washing the hands) or ‘no skin’ (simply viewing midges or birds flying). The results indicate that the sensation of itch was successfully generated using itch-related pictures in terms of significantly higher self-reports of itch in answer to the questions ‘how itchy do you feel?’ and ‘how itchy do you think the person in the picture feels?’ compared to viewing neutral pictures (). In addition, participants scratched themselves significantly more when viewing itch-related pictures compared to neutral (). The picture type also had an effect upon these measures with more scratching behaviour recorded when viewing pictures depicting others scratching (). This study demonstrates the impact of visual cues on the sensation of itch and the scratch response and may provide preliminary evidence linking contagious itching to the mirror neuron system and the effectiveness of itch-inducing stimuli as a way to probe social communication.

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