Abstract
Design recommendations for notifications are typically based on user performance and subjective feedback. In comparison, there has been surprisingly little research on how designed notifications might be processed by the brain for the information they convey. The current study uses EEG/ERP methods to evaluate auditory notifications that were designed to cue long-distance truck drivers for task-management and driving conditions, particularly for automated driving scenarios. Two experiments separately evaluated naïve students and professional truck drivers for their behavioral and brain responses to auditory notifications, which were either auditory icons or verbal commands. Our EEG/ERP results suggest that verbal commands were more readily recognized by the brain as relevant targets, but that auditory icons were more likely to update contextual working memory. Both classes of notifications did not differ on behavioral measures. This suggests that auditory icons ought to be employed for communicating contextual information and verbal commands, for urgent requests.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | CHI 2018 - Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
Subtitle of host publication | Engage with CHI |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Volume | 2018-April |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450356206, 9781450356213 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Apr 20 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 - Montreal, Canada Duration: 2018 Apr 21 → 2018 Apr 26 |
Other
Other | 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2018 |
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Country | Canada |
City | Montreal |
Period | 18/4/21 → 18/4/26 |
Keywords
- Auditory displays
- Autonomous vehicles
- Electroencephalography
- In-vehicle interfaces
- Notifications
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design
- Software