Analysis of interaction patterns - attention

Abstract

The attention, or focus, with which people perform their tasks has an important role on their success. Such tasks can be like study or work. Nowadays, our lifestyle can lead to a scatter of focus, especially when attending to several tasks or filtering loads of information, which in a laptop or desktop, can mean interacting with several applications simultaneously. This project will analyze and monitor the behavior of the users of desktop applications with the main aim to measure changes in user attention and focus throughout the day, and so, to know when a user is more focused and on better conditions to work. Leisure and work applications will also have an important play in this project, as the interaction with the laptop will be analyzed on both applications categories.

A atenção, ou concentração, com que realizámos tarefas tem um papel importante na realização com sucesso das mesmas. Tais tarefas podem ser de estudo ou de trabalho. Hoje em dia, o nosso estilo de vida pode levar a uma dispersão da atenção, especialmente quando lidámos com várias tarefas ou informação, que num ambiente de trabalho pode significar interagir com várias aplicações simultaneamente. Este projecto irá analisar e monitorizar o comportamento dos utilizadores em aplicações com o objectivo principal de medir as mudanças na atenção do utilizador durante todo o dia, e assim saber quando um utilizador está mais focado e em melhores condições de realizar trabalho. Aplicações afectas ao lazer e ao trabalho também serão importantes neste projecto, dado que a interacção do utilizador com o portátil serão analisados em ambas as categorias.

In order to be more productive at work, being focused is very important, as well as when studying or attending any other task. Nowadays, our lifestyle it can lead to a scatter of focus, especially when attending to several tasks, which in a laptop, or desktop, can mean interacting with several applications simultaneously. This project will analyze the behavior of the users of desktop applications with the main aim to measure changes in user attention and focus throughout the day. For this study data from a group of 20 people will be collected.