The increased importance of opaque, algorithmically-driven social platforms (eg, Facebook,
YouTube) to everyday users as a medium for self-presentation effectively requires users to …

Inattentional blindness (IB) occurs when a salient object presented in plain sight goes
unnoticed when its appearance is unexpected. Across two experiments, participants …

In developing the highly useful technologies, knowledge from human factors and
ergonomics (HF/E) can be of great use, especially to designers charged with the difficult task …

Visual attention as a highly complex system is considered a scarce source. This study
investigates the distraction effect (specifically, mobile phone usage unrelated to purchasing …

Concrete is a ubiquitous material in urban environments and increasingly used by industry
and the maker movement. However, there is little research about its affordance and its …

Interactive visualization and visual analytics tools have been designed and developed in the
past and will be developed in the future as well. In each application domain in which data is …

Nihil est in intellectu quod non sit prius in sensu, said the saint and philosopher Thomas
Aquinas (Aquinas, 1259). With that statement, he argued that everything that is in our mind …

People visit public places with different intentions and motivations. While some explore it
carefully, others may just want to pass or are otherwise engaged. We investigate how to …

We present a concept, hardware prototype, and wearable system designed to deliver
vibrotactile feedback at finger, wrist, and forearm level for everyday situations of inattentional …

Algorithmically-driven social platforms present a challenge for self-presentation and identity
management by obscuring audiences behind algorithmic mechanisms. Users are …