A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance

Charlotte Collins; James Blundell; John Huddlestone; Don Harris

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-48038-6_22

A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance

Charlotte Collins, James Blundell, John Huddlestone, Don Harris

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The quality of pilot decision making remains a significant determinant of recent aviation incidents and accidents. With the development of haptic stick inputs pilots have additional sensory cues to aid in the decision making process. Limited experimental research has investigated the impact of directional haptic cues, delivered via side stick devices, on user performance and subjective workload. The current experiment examines the performance and workload benefits granted by augmenting a visual dual-task with haptic information in a sample of eleven participants. The current visual dual-task experiment consisted of 1) a primary manual error cancellation tracking task and 2) a secondary visuospatial memory N-back task. The haptic implementation in the current study involved the provision of corrective directional “nudges” on the tracking task, conditionally delivered when participants breached a prescribed error margin.
The primary finding was that haptic feedback on the tracking task improved visuospatial memory performance on the secondary N-back task. Importantly, no increase in workload was reported in tandem with the observed visuospatial memory enhancement offered by the haptic cues. Future research should review the impacts of randomizing the signal speed as seen in turbulence situations and changes to peripheral ranges with performance of eye time on task.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers
Editors	Masaaki Kurosu, Ayako Hashizume, Aaron Marcus, Elizabeth Rosenzweig, Marcelo M. Soares, Don Harris, Wen-Chin Li, Dylan D. Schmorrow, Cali M. Fidopiastis, Pei-Luen Patrick Rau
Publisher	Springer
Pages	351-362
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031480386
ISBN (Print)	9783031480379
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48038-6_22
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 Nov 2023
Event	25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 23 Jul 2023 → 28 Jul 2023 https://2023.hci.international/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	14054 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Abbreviated title	HCI International 2023
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	23/07/23 → 28/07/23
Internet address	https://2023.hci.international/

Keywords

Haptics
Active Stick
dual-task performance
workload

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Collins, C., Blundell, J., Huddlestone, J., & Harris, D. (2023). A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance. In M. Kurosu, A. Hashizume, A. Marcus, E. Rosenzweig, M. M. Soares, D. Harris, W.-C. Li, D. D. Schmorrow, C. M. Fidopiastis, & P.-L. P. Rau (Eds.), HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers (pp. 351-362). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14054 LNCS). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48038-6_22

A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance. / Collins, Charlotte; Blundell, James; Huddlestone, John et al.
HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers. ed. / Masaaki Kurosu; Ayako Hashizume; Aaron Marcus; Elizabeth Rosenzweig; Marcelo M. Soares; Don Harris; Wen-Chin Li; Dylan D. Schmorrow; Cali M. Fidopiastis; Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer, 2023. p. 351-362 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 14054 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Collins, C, Blundell, J, Huddlestone, J & Harris, D 2023, A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance. in M Kurosu, A Hashizume, A Marcus, E Rosenzweig, M M. Soares, D Harris, W-C Li, DD Schmorrow, CM Fidopiastis & P-LP Rau (eds), HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 14054 LNCS, Springer, pp. 351-362, 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
, Copenhagen, Denmark, 23/07/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48038-6_22

Collins C, Blundell J, Huddlestone J , Harris D. A helping hand: Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance. In Kurosu M, Hashizume A, Marcus A, Rosenzweig E, M. Soares M, Harris D, Li WC, Schmorrow DD, Fidopiastis CM, Rau PLP, editors, HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers. Springer. 2023. p. 351-362. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Epub 2023 Nov 25. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-48038-6_22

Collins, Charlotte ; Blundell, James ; Huddlestone, John et al. / A helping hand : Benefits of primary task haptic augmentation on secondary visuospatial task performance. HCI International 2023 – Late Breaking Papers. editor / Masaaki Kurosu ; Ayako Hashizume ; Aaron Marcus ; Elizabeth Rosenzweig ; Marcelo M. Soares ; Don Harris ; Wen-Chin Li ; Dylan D. Schmorrow ; Cali M. Fidopiastis ; Pei-Luen Patrick Rau. Springer, 2023. pp. 351-362 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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