The influence of emotion on number entry errors

Paul Antony Cairns; Pratyush Pandab; Christopher Douglas Power

doi:10.1145/2556288.2557065

The influence of emotion on number entry errors

Paul Antony Cairns, Pratyush Pandab, Christopher Douglas Power

Computer Science

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Abstract

Given the proliferation of devices like infusion pumps in hospitals, number entry and in particular number entry error is an emerging important concern in HCI. There are clearly design features that could greatly improve accuracy in entering numbers but the context of the task could also play an important role. In particular, the emotional state of a person is known to strongly influence their response to a difficult situation and hence the errors that they make. In this paper, we consider the impact of the emotional state of the user on the accuracy with which people enter numbers. Our experiment shows that participants who are in a more positive emotional state are more accurate. The effect is small but could be very important when considering the potentially highly-charged emotional contexts where many healthcare devices are used.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Publisher	ACM
Pages	2293-2296
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4503-2473-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557065
Publication status	Published - 26 Apr 2014
Event	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014 - Toronto, Canada Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 1 May 2014

Conference

Conference	ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2014
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	26/04/14 → 1/05/14

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