title: Improved temporal resolution heart rate variability monitoring-pilot results of non-laboratory experiments targeting future assessment of human-computer interaction.
abstract: This paper outlines the INTERFACE software ergonomic evaluation methodology and presents new validation results. The INTERFACE methodology is based on a simultaneous assessment of heart rate variability, skin conductance, and other data. The results of using this methodology on-site, in a non-laboratory environment indicate that it is potentially capable of identifying quality attributes of elements of software with a temporal resolution of only a few seconds. This paper presents pilot results supporting this hypothesis, showing empirical evidence in spite of the definitely non-laboratory environment: they indicate that the method is robust enough for practical usability tests. Naturally, in the future these pilot results will have to be followed with further laboratory-based verification and refinement. This paper focuses only on some characteristics of this method, not on an actual analysis of human-computer interaction; however, its results can establish a future practical and objective event-related analysis of software use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ergonomics and Psychology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary. hercegfi@erg.bme.hu
authors.forename: Károly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hercegfi
mesh_terms: D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface