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Sanchez C, Costa V, Garcia-Carmona R, Urendes E, Tejedor J, Raya R. Evaluation of Child-Computer Interaction Using Fitts' Law: A Comparison between a Standard Computer Mouse and a Head Mouse. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 21:3826. [PMID: 34073142 PMCID: PMC8197934 DOI: 10.3390/s21113826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study evaluates and compares the suitability for child-computer interaction (CCI, the branch within human-computer interaction focused on interactive computer systems for children) of two devices: a standard computer mouse and the ENLAZA interface, a head mouse that measures the user's head posture using an inertial sensor. A multidirectional pointing task was used to assess the motor performance and the users' ability to learn such a task. The evaluation was based on the interpretation of the metrics derived from Fitts' law. Ten children aged between 6 and 8 participated in this study. Participants performed a series of pre- and post-training tests for both input devices. After the experiments, data were analyzed and statistically compared. The results show that Fitts' law can be used to detect changes in the learning process and assess the level of psychomotor development (by comparing the performance of adults and children). In addition, meaningful differences between the fine motor control (hand) and the gross motor control (head) were found by comparing the results of the interaction using the two devices. These findings suggest that Fitts' law metrics offer a reliable and objective way of measuring the progress of physical training or therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Cristina Sanchez
- Departamento de Tecnologías de la Información, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, 28668 Madrid, Spain; (V.C.); (R.G.-C.); (E.U.); (J.T.); (R.R.)
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da Silva TD, Ribeiro-Papa DC, Coe S, Malheiros SRP, Massetti T, Meira Junior CDM, Nicolai Ré AH, Collett J, Monteiro CBDM, Dawes H. Evaluation of speed-accuracy trade-off in a computer task to identify motor difficulties in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - A cross-sectional study. RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2020; 96:103541. [PMID: 31830680 DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2019.103541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) present with progressive loss of motor function which can impair both control of speed and accuracy of movement. AIM to evaluate movement time during a task at various levels of difficulty and to verify whether the level of difficulty affects the speed and/ or accuracy during the task. METHODS the DMD group comprised of 17 individuals age matched with 17 individuals with typical development (TD group). The task evaluates the relationship between speed and accuracy, consisting of the execution of manual movements (using the mouse of the computer) aimed at a target at three different levels of difficulty (ID). RESULTS A MANOVA demonstrated statistically significant differences in dispersion data and intercept values between the groups with greater movement time in the DMD group. An ANOVA indicated differences between groups for ID, except for when there was a higher accuracy demand (higher ID). In the other IDs that required lower accuracy demand, individuals in the DMD group had significantly longer movement time when compared to the TD group. CONCLUSION These results show that the TD and DMD did not differ in the higher ID, therefore it can be concluded that for those with DMD, motor performance is more affected by speed than accuracy of movement.
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- Talita Dias da Silva
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Cipotânea, 51 Cidade Universitária CEP, 05360-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Sena Madureira, 1500, Vila Clementino, CEP: 04021-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom.
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Cipotânea, 51 Cidade Universitária CEP, 05360-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Departamento de Cardiologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Sena Madureira, 1500, Vila Clementino, CEP: 04021-001, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Béttio, 1000 - Ermelino Matarazzo CEP, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Béttio, 1000 - Ermelino Matarazzo CEP, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Béttio, 1000 - Ermelino Matarazzo CEP, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Béttio, 1000 - Ermelino Matarazzo CEP, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Rua Cipotânea, 51 Cidade Universitária CEP, 05360-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom; Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Arlindo Béttio, 1000 - Ermelino Matarazzo CEP, 03828-000 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Centre for Movement, Occupational and Rehabilitation Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Friston S, Karlström P, Steed A. The Effects of Low Latency on Pointing and Steering Tasks. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VISUALIZATION AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS 2016; 22:1605-1615. [PMID: 27045915 DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2015.2446467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Latency is detrimental to interactive systems, especially pseudo-physical systems that emulate real-world behaviour. It prevents users from making quick corrections to their movement, and causes their experience to deviate from their expectations. Latency is a result of the processing and transport delays inherent in current computer systems. As such, while a number of studies have hypothesized that any latency will have a degrading effect, few have been able to test this for latencies less than ∼ 50 ms. In this study we investigate the effects of latency on pointing and steering tasks. We design an apparatus with a latency lower than typical interactive systems, using it to perform interaction tasks based on Fitts's law and the Steering law. We find evidence that latency begins to affect performance at ∼ 16 ms, and that the effect is non-linear. Further, we find latency does not affect the various components of an aiming motion equally. We propose a three stage characterisation of pointing movements with each stage affected independently by latency. We suggest that understanding how users execute movement is essential for studying latency at low levels, as high level metrics such as total movement time may be misleading.
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Vaughan J, Barany DA, Rios T. The cost of moving with the left hand. Exp Brain Res 2012; 220:11-22. [PMID: 22623090 DOI: 10.1007/s00221-012-3110-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Precise left-hand movements take longer than right-hand movements (for right-handers). To quantify how left-hand movements are affected by task difficulty and phase of movement control, we manipulated the difficulty of repetitive speeded aiming movements while participants used the left or right hand. We observed left-hand costs in both initial impulse and current control phases of movement. While left-hand cost during the initial impulse phase was small, left-hand cost during the current control phase varied from 10 to 60 ms, in direct proportion to the movement's difficulty as quantified by Fitts' law (0.77 < R² < 0.99, across three experiments). In particular, in comparison with a difficult task for the right hand (Fitts' ID(R) = 6.6), the left hand's task would have to be made easier by 0.5 bits (ID(L) = 6.1) to be performed as quickly. The left-hand cost may reflect the time required for callosal transfer of information between the left and right hemispheres during the current control phase of precision left-hand movements or reflect movement control differences in the current control phase of movement that are inherent to the hemispheres. Overall, the present results support multiphase models of movement generation, in which separate specialized processes contribute to the launching and completion of precision hand movements.
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- Jonathan Vaughan
- Department of Psychology, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323, USA.
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