Remote collection of electrophysiological data with brain wearables: opportunities and challenges

RJ Sugden, VLL Pham-Kim-Nghiem-Phu… - Bioelectronic …, 2023 - Springer
Collection of electroencephalographic (EEG) data provides an opportunity to non-invasively
study human brain plasticity, learning and the evolution of various neuropsychiatric …

Quality evaluation of modern code reviews through intelligent biometric program comprehension

H Hijazi, J Duraes, R Couceiro… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Code review is an essential practice in software engineering to spot code defects in the
early stages of software development. Modern code reviews (eg, acceptance or rejection of …

Correlates of programmer efficacy and their link to experience: A combined EEG and eye-tracking study

N Peitek, A Bergum, M Rekrut, J Mucke… - Proceedings of the 30th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Background: Despite similar education and background, programmers can exhibit vast
differences in efficacy. While research has identified some potential factors, such as …

An electroencephalography study on cognitive load in visual and textual programming

S Thorgeirsson, C Zhang, TB Weidmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents a comparative study of Algot, a visual programming language designed
to bridge the syntax-semantics gap via liveness and programming by demonstration, and the …

Estimating developers' cognitive load at a fine-grained level using eye-tracking measures

A Abbad-Andaloussi, T Sorg, B Weber - Proceedings of the 30th IEEE …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
The comprehension of source code is a task inherent to many software development
activities. Code change, code review and debugging are examples of these activities that …

[HTML][HTML] On the relationship between source-code metrics and cognitive load: A systematic tertiary review

A Abbad-Andaloussi - Journal of Systems and Software, 2023 - Elsevier
The difficulty of software development tasks depends on several factors including the
characteristics of the underlying source-code. These characteristics can be captured and …

A High-Density EEG Study Investigating the Neural Correlates of Continuity Editing Theory in VR Films

W Cheng, X Wang, J Zou, M Li, F Tian - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a cognitive psychology experiment to explore the differences between
2D and virtual reality (VR) film editing techniques. We recruited sixteen volunteers to view a …

A high-density EEG study investigating VR film editing and cognitive event segmentation theory

F Tian, H Wang, W Cheng, W Zhang, Y Li - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper introduces a cognitive psychological experiment that was conducted to analyze
how traditional film editing methods and the application of cognitive event segmentation …

Role of the EEG theta network during software production: a connectivity study

A Calcagno, S Coelli, C Amendola… - … on Neural Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Software programming is an acquired evolutionary skill originating from consolidated
cognitive functions (ie, attentive, logical, coordination, mathematic calculation, and language …

On the accuracy of code complexity metrics: A neuroscience-based guideline for improvement

G Hao, H Hijazi, J Durães, J Medeiros… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Complexity is the key element of software quality. This article investigates the problem of
measuring code complexity and discusses the results of a controlled experiment to compare …