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Neuroanatomical correlates of perceived usability

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posted on 2023-06-09, 07:42 authored by Chi Thanh ViChi Thanh Vi, Kasper Hornbaek, Sriram Subramanian
Usability has a distinct subjective component, yet surprisingly little is known about its neural basis and relation to the neuroanatomy of aesthetics. To begin closing this gap, we conducted two functional magnetic resonance imaging studies in which participants were shown static webpages (in the first study) and videos of interaction with webpages (in the second study). The webpages were controlled so as to exhibit high and low levels of perceived usability and perceived aesthetics. Our results show unique links between perceived usability and brain areas involved in functions such as emotional processing (left fusiform gyrus, superior frontal gyrus), anticipation of physical interaction (precentral gyrus), task intention (anterior cingulate cortex), and linguistic processing (medial and bilateral superior frontal gyri). We use these findings to discuss the brain correlates of perceived usability and the use of fMRI for usability evaluation and for generating new user experiences.

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Ghost; g1765; EU FET; 309191

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Proceedings of the 30th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST '17)

Publisher

ACM

Page range

519-532

Event name

ACM UIST

Event location

Québec City, QC, Canada.

Event type

conference

Event date

October 2017

ISBN

9781450349819

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics Publications
  • Centre for Cognitive Science Publications
  • Centre for Computer Graphics Publications
  • Creative Technology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-08-25

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-10-30

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-08-24

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