An Invisible Gorilla: Is It a Matter of Focus of Attention?

Geelhoed, Erik ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7152-1186, Wang, Chen and Cesar, Pablo (2013) An Invisible Gorilla: Is It a Matter of Focus of Attention? In: Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, Nanjing, China.

[thumbnail of RR_Invisible gorilla_300913_nid259.pdf]
Preview
Text
RR_Invisible gorilla_300913_nid259.pdf

Download (260kB) | Preview

Abstract / Summary

How to evaluate users’ attention level in a video task is a challenge. One of the conventional methods is to link users’ focus of attention to their performance under-taken in a video. However, this is not always true in a video environment, as users’ poor performance may be resulted from some other reasons rather than a lack of focus of attention. In this article, we demonstrated our assumption by using an Electroen-cephalography (EEG) sensor, which measured the users’ attention level in a video task. Our results showed one case that some of the users with a poor performance in the video task had the same level of attention compared to those users with a good performance. In particular, an interference object in the video, aimed for distracting the users’ attention, had no impact on some of the users’ focus when they were al-ready involved in the video task.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Depositing User: Erik Geelhoed
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2013 14:19
Last Modified: 23 Nov 2023 13:08
URI: https://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/id/eprint/48

Actions

View Item View Item (login required)