A Review of the Research on Subliminal Techniques for Implicit Interaction in Symbiotic Systems

Negri, Paolo; Gamberini, Luciano; Cutini, Simone

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13500-7_4

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“…It is possible for a probe to be noticed only after it has been produced, as for example in the fixation-related study mentioned above (Wenzel et al, 2017). It may also be possible for a state change not to be consciously noticed at all, while still having an effect (Negri, Gamberini, & Cutini, 2014). The third point covers a time period that varies depending on factors such as habituation, and the time it takes for a meaningful response to arise-see also section 4.7 for the difference between impulsive and reflective responses.…”

Section: The Roles Of Timementioning

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Cognitive and affective probing: a tutorial and review of active learning for neuroadaptive technology

Krol

Haselager

Zander³

2020

J. Neural Eng.

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Objective: The interpretation of neurophysiological measurements has a decadeslong history, culminating in current real-time brain-computer interfacing (BCI) applications for both patient and healthy populations. Over the course of this history, one focus has been on the investigation of cortical responses to specific stimuli. Such responses can be informative with respect to the human user's mental state at the time of presentation. An ability to decode neurophysiological responses to stimuli in real time becomes particularly powerful when combined with a simultaneous ability to autonomously produce such stimuli. This allows a computer to gather stimulus-response samples and iteratively produce new stimuli based on the information gathered from previous samples, thus acquiring more, and more specific, information. This information can even be obtained without the explicit, voluntary involvement of the user.Approach: We define cognitive and affective probing, referring to an application of active learning where repeated sampling is done by eliciting implicit brain responses. In this tutorial, we provide a definition of this method that unifies different past and current implementations based on common aspects. We then discuss a number of aspects that differentiate various possible implementations of cognitive probing.Main results: We argue that a key element is the user model, which serves as both information storage and basis for subsequent probes. Cognitive probing can be used to continuously and autonomously update this model, refining the probes, and obtaining increasingly detailed or accurate information from the resulting brain activity. In contrast to a number of potential advantages of the method, cognitive probing may also pose a threat to informed consent, our privacy of thought, and our ability to assign responsibility to actions mediated by the system.Significance: This tutorial provides guidelines to both implement, and critically discuss potential ethical implications of, novel cognitive probing applications and research endeavours.

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Section: The Roles Of Timementioning

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Cognitive and affective probing: a tutorial and review of active learning for neuroadaptive technology

Krol

Haselager

Zander³

2020

J. Neural Eng.

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“…Despite the opportunities afforded by pervasive smartphone use [26], there have been few implementations of subliminal priming in less controlled contexts on smartphones and beyond mobile into wearables. HCI subliminal priming research often focuses on using the technique to improve the efficiency of interaction between people and computers by using the subliminal channel as a low-cognitive-cost way to transfer information to users [37]. Eliciting automatic responses via subliminal priming means that the responses are immediate, efficient and do not require limited cognitive resources to process [55].…”

Section: Applications Of Subliminal Priming In Hcimentioning

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Subliminal semantic number processing on smartphones

Pinder

Vermeulen

Cowan

2018

Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction With Mobile Devices and Services

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One potential method of improving the efficiency of human-computer interaction is to display information subliminally. Such information cannot be recalled consciously, but has some impact on the perceiver. However, it is not yet clear whether people can extract meaning from subliminal presentation of information in mobile contexts. We therefore explored subliminal semantic priming on smartphones. This builds on mixed evidence for subliminal priming across HCI in general, and mixed evidence for the effect of subliminal affective priming on smartphones. Our semi-controlled experiment (n=103) investigated subliminal processing of numerical information on smartphones. We found evidence that concealed transfer of information is possible to a very limited extent, but little evidence of a semantic effect. Overall, the impact is effectively negligible for practical applications. We discuss the implications of our results for real-world deployments and outline future research themes as HCI moves beyond mobile.

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“…Information could, for example, be presented to a user in a subliminal manner, thereby avoiding the route through conscious awareness [140]. Of particular interest, in this respect, is work relating to subliminal perception in human-machine interaction contexts [360]. As is noted by Negri et al [360], subliminal stimuli can be used in concrete scenarios to bolster performance on mnemonic, problem solving, and navigational tasks.…”

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Minds Online: The Interface between Web Science, Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind

2017

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Alongside existing research into the social, political and economic impacts of the Web, there is a need to study the Web from a cognitive and epistemic perspective. This is particularly so as new and emerging technologies alter the nature of our interactive engagements with the Web, transforming the extent to which our thoughts and actions are shaped by the online environment. Situated and ecological approaches to cognition are relevant to understanding the cognitive significance of the Web because of the emphasis they place on forces and factors that reside at the level of agent-world interactions. In particular, by adopting a situated or ecological approach to cognition, we are able to assess the significance of the Web from the perspective of research into embodied, extended, embedded, social and collective cognition. The results of this analysis help to reshape the interdisciplinary configuration of Web Science, expanding its theoretical and

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A Review of the Research on Subliminal Techniques for Implicit Interaction in Symbiotic Systems

Cited by 12 publications

References 45 publications

Cognitive and affective probing: a tutorial and review of active learning for neuroadaptive technology

Cognitive and affective probing: a tutorial and review of active learning for neuroadaptive technology

Subliminal semantic number processing on smartphones

Minds Online: The Interface between Web Science, Cognitive Science and the Philosophy of Mind

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