Exploring emotional response to gesture in product interaction using Laban's movement analysis
Wodehouse, Andrew and Sheridan, Marion (2014) Exploring emotional response to gesture in product interaction using Laban's movement analysis. Interaction Studies, 15 (2). pp. 321-342. ISSN 1572-0373
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Abstract
This paper explores the use of Laban’s Movement Analysis from the field of dance and drama as a means to document user response to physical product interaction. A range of ‘traditional’ and ‘modern’ product pairs were identified and reviewed in a Theatre Studies workshop, where participants were required to discuss and complete worksheets on their emotional response. The results provide qualitative feedback on their reactions to the different gestures, and form an ‘emotional vocabulary’ that we plan to use in the development of semantic differentials for future studies. Key factors in emotional response to gesture have been identified, including the differences of mechanical versus electronic activation and the ‘framing’ of sequences of gestures in product interaction.
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Wodehouse, Andrew

Item type: Article ID code: 50802 Dates: DateEvent29 August 2014Published7 February 2014AcceptedKeywords: design research, gesture , human factors, interface design, Engineering design, Communication, Linguistics and Language Subjects: Technology > Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) > Engineering design Department: Faculty of Engineering > Design, Manufacture and Engineering Management
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > EnglishDepositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 12 Dec 2014 16:34 Last modified: 31 Mar 2021 00:24 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/50802