On capturing older adults’ smartphone keyboard interaction as a means for behavioral change under emotional stimuli within i-PROGNOSIS framework

  • Stelios Hadjidimitriou
  • , Dimitrios Iakovakis
  • , Vasileios Charisis
  • , Sofia B. Dias
  • , José A. Diniz
  • , Julien Mercier
  • , Leontios J. Hadjileontiadis

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

The unobtrusive use of smartphone technology, as a facilitator and as a means of capturing the daily activities, can be seen as a great challenge in routine monitoring and in promoting behavioural change in older adults. In the present study, a protocol of a sequence of emotional stimuli database was combined with a sequence of emotion-free text typing using a dedicated keyboard of a smartphone and used for capturing the users’ patterns of typing, in terms of hold time (HT), alteration time (AT) and pressure (PR) of each key. Six older adults (three male/female) were employed in the study and sequences of images with facial expressions of Ekman’s six basic emotions (with the addition of the neutral one) were used as stimuli in a three-trial fashion. Statistical analysis of HT, AT and PR data revealed differences in the typing due to emotions alteration, setting a new domain for the analysis and behavioural modeling of older adults’ typing patterns under specific emotional stimuli. This combinatory approach amongst emotional and physical status could be adopted in the field of intelligent monitoring of the healthy ageing and could be extended to elderlies’ pathology cases, such as Parkinson’s disease, as approached by the i-PROGNOSIS initiative.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationUniversal Access in Human-Computer Interaction
Subtitle of host publicationDesign and Development Approaches and Methods - 11th International Conference, UAHCI 2017 Held as Part of HCI International 2017, Proceedings
EditorsMargherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages346-356
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783319587059
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Event11th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2017 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 9 Jul 201714 Jul 2017

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10277 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference11th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2017, held as part of the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver
Period9/07/1714/07/17

Keywords

  • Emotional states
  • Healthy ageing
  • i-PROGNOSIS
  • Key alteration time
  • Key hold time
  • Key pressure
  • Older adults
  • Smartphone keyboard typing

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'On capturing older adults’ smartphone keyboard interaction as a means for behavioral change under emotional stimuli within i-PROGNOSIS framework'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this