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Improving voluntary pupil size changes for HCI

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Jan Ehlers,

Juliane Georgi,

Anke HuckaufAuthors Info & Claims

PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Pages 343 - 346

https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255312

Published: 20 May 2014 Publication History

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Previous research [11] refers to pupil size as a passive information channel that provides insight into the affective state of the viewer but defies any voluntary control. However, since physiological arousal is influenced by various cognitive processes, we assume that pupil behavior can be brought under control by strategies of emotional regulation and cognitive processing. In the present paper we provide a methodological approach for examining the potentials and limits of active control of pupil dilation. Based on [3], we developed methods applying graphical feedback on systematic pupil diameter changes to utilize mechanisms of operant conditioning to gradually enable voluntary control over pupil size. Calculation models are introduced to carefully disentangle task relevant and irrelevant pupil dynamics. Based on mean values, single measuring and interpolation, we conceived computational rules to validate pupil data in real-time and determine criteria for artefact rejection. Extensive research based on the depicted methodology may shed further light on learning achievements related to emotional control and will reveal the potential of pupil-based input channels for the future development of affective Human-Computer Interfaces.

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Greiter LStrauch CHuckauf ASharif BKrejtz K(2018)Pupil responses signal less inhibition for own relative to other namesProceedings of the 2018 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications10.1145/3204493.3204576(1-5)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3204493.3204576

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Improving voluntary pupil size changes for HCI
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Touch screens

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PervasiveHealth '14: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

May 2014

459 pages

ISBN:9781631900112

General Chair:
Andreas Hein
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Susanne Boll
OFFIS-Institute for IT, Oldenburg, Germany
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Friedrich Köhler
Charité, Berlin, Germany

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de Rooij AWijers IMarinussen M(2021)Emergence of Metacognitive Knowledge via Audible Pupil SizeProceedings of the 32nd European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics10.1145/3452853.3452870(1-7)Online publication date: 26-Apr-2021
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Ehlers JMeinecke A(2020)Voluntary Pupil Control in Noisy EnvironmentsACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications10.1145/3379156.3391358(1-5)Online publication date: 2-Jun-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3379156.3391358
Greiter LStrauch CHuckauf ASharif BKrejtz K(2018)Pupil responses signal less inhibition for own relative to other namesProceedings of the 2018 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications10.1145/3204493.3204576(1-5)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2018
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