Anthropomorphic Design: Emotional Perception for Deformable Object

Frontiers in Psychology

Da Young Ju¹  Jung Min Lee¹  Jongsoo Baek² 

[1] Technology and Design Research Center, Yonsei Institute of Convergence Technology, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea;Yonsei Institute of Convergence Technology, Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea;

关键词: anthropomorphism;    emotional interaction;    deformable object;    human–computer interaction;    user experience;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01829

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Despite the increasing number of studies on user experience (UX) and user interfaces (UI), few studies have examined emotional interaction between humans and deformable objects. In the current study, we investigated how the anthropomorphic design of a flexible display interacts with emotion. For 101 unique 3D images in which an object was bent at different axes, 281 participants were asked to report how strongly the object evoked five elemental emotions (e.g., happiness, disgust, anger, fear, and sadness) in an online survey. People rated the object’s shape using three emotional categories: happiness, disgust–anger, and sadness–fear. It was also found that a combination of axis of bending (horizontal or diagonal axis) and convexity (bending convexly or concavely) predicted emotional valence, underpinning the anthropomorphic design of flexible displays. Our findings provide empirical evidence that axis of bending and convexity can be an important antecedent of emotional interaction with flexible objects, triggering at least three types of emotion in users.

【 授权许可】

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