There's a monster in my kitchen: using aversive feedback to motivate behaviour change

Ben Kirman; Conor Linehan; Shaun Lawson; Derek Foster; Mark Doughty

There's a monster in my kitchen: using aversive feedback to motivate behaviour change

Ben Kirman, Conor Linehan, Shaun Lawson, Derek Foster, Mark Doughty

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Abstract

In this paper we argue that ?persuasive technologies,? developed to motivate behaviour change in users, have so far failed to exploit the established body of empirical research within behavioural science. We propose that persuasive technologies may benefit from both adapting to individual preferences, and a constructive use of aversive, in addition to appetitive, feedback. We detail an example application that demonstrates how this approach can be incorporated into an application designed to train users to adopt more environmentally friendly behaviours in their domestic kitchens.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (alt.CHI)
Pages	2685-2694
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2010

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