Empirical approaches to quantifying effort, fatigue and concentration in the conceptual design process

Nguyen, Philon; Nguyen, Thanh An; Zeng, Yong

doi:10.1007/s00163-017-0273-4

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“…The same levels feature higher mental effort if compared to high-stress conditions. Still with reference to conceptual design, Nguyen et al (2018) use EEG to assess effort, fatigue, and concentration. Such an assessment is enabled by the results of previous scholars' studies and markedly (Nguyen et al, 2015).…”

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Review of the use of neurophysiological and biometric measures in experimental design research

Borgianni

Maccioni

2020

AIEDAM

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AbstractDesign is inherently affected by human-related factors and it is of no surprise that the fine-tuning of instruments capable of measuring aspects of human behavior has attracted interest in the design field. The recalled instruments include a variety of devices that capture and quantitatively assess people's unintentional and unconscious reactions and that are generally referred as neurophysiological or biometric. The number of experimental applications of these instruments in design was extremely limited as of 2016, when Lohmeyer and Meboldt published a first report on relevant measures and their interpretation in design. In the last few years, the number of relevant publications has increased dramatically and this determines the opportunity to carry out a comprehensive review in the field. The reviewed contributions are analyzed and classified according to, among others, instruments used, the kind of stakeholders involved and the supported design research activities. The role of biometric measures with respect to traditional research methods is emphasized too. The discussed instruments can represent supports or substitutes for traditional approaches, as well as they are capable of exploring phenomena that could not be addressed hitherto. The intensity of research concerning experiments with biometric measurements is discussed too; a particular focus of the final discussion is the individuation of obstacles that prevent them from becoming commonplace in design research.

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Review of the use of neurophysiological and biometric measures in experimental design research

Borgianni

Maccioni

2020

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“…In the field of design science, researchers have been studying the cognition of designers and engineers for over 60 years (Hay et al 2017a). However, neuroimaging research is only just beginning to emerge in this area, with a limited number of studies applying functional near-infrared spectroscopy (Shealy & Gero 2019), electroencephalography (Liu et al 2018a;Nguyen, Nguyen & Zeng 2018;Vieira et al 2019), and functional magnetic resonance imaging (Alexiou et al 2009;Sylcott, Cagan & Tabibnia 2013;Goucher-Lambert, Moss & Cagan 2017, 2019. To advance knowledge about the neural basis of PDE ideation, in this paper we present results from a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of ideation in professional product design engineers.…”

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The neural correlates of ideation in product design engineering practitioners

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In product design engineering (PDE), ideation involves the generation of technical behaviours and physical structures to address specific functional requirements. This differs from generic creative ideation tasks, which emphasise functional and technical considerations less. To advance knowledge about the neural basis of PDE ideation, we present the first fMRI study on professional product design engineers practising in industry. We aimed to explore brain activation during ideation, and compare activation in open-ended and constrained tasks. Imagery manipulation tasks were contrasted with ideation tasks in a sample of 29 PDE professionals. The key findings were: (1) PDE ideation is associated with greater activity in left cingulate gyrus; (2) there were no significant differences between open-ended and constrained tasks; and (3) a preliminary association with activity in the right superior temporal gyrus was also observed. The results are consistent with existing fMRI work on generic creative ideation, suggesting that PDE ideation may share a number of similarities at the neural level. Future work includes: functional connectivity analysis of open-ended and constrained ideation to further investigate potential differences; investigating the effects of aspects of design expertise/training on processing; and the use of novelty measures directly linked to the designer’s internal processing in fMRI analysis.

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“…However, there is evidence that change is afoot. For instance, there have been efforts to develop standardized psychological tests of design ability (Shah et al 2012(Shah et al , 2013Khorshidi et al 2014), and recent years have seen a small but growing number of neuroimaging studies of design employing EEG (Liu et al 2018;Nguyen et al 2018;Vieira et al 2019), fMRI (Alexiou et al 2009;Hay et al 2019) and fNIRS (Shealy & Gero 2019). As such, it seems likely that design cognition research is on the cusp of a major methodological paradigm shift, bringing new perspectives in addition to classical protocol analysis approaches.…”

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The future of design cognition analysis

2020

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‘Design cognition’ refers to the mental processes and representations involved in designing, and has been a significant area of interest since the emergence of design research in the 1960s. The field now faces significant challenges moving into the future, with major change required to overcome stagnation in research topics and methodologies. Tackling these challenges requires us to understand the past and present of design cognition research, and open fresh discussions on its future. This thematic collection aims to address this need by taking stock of current approaches, exploring emerging topics and methodologies, and identifying future directions for enquiry. In this editorial, we examine key issues regarding both what we investigate and how we conduct this research. We present a vision formed from a structured literature review, the work of authors in the collection, and the views of a broad cross-section of the design cognition community. This vision is formalized in a roadmap from the present to the near and far future, highlighting key topics and research questions for the field. Ultimately, ecological measurement, new applications of artificial intelligence, and a move towards theory construction and research maturation constitute key long term challenges for the design cognition community.

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Empirical approaches to quantifying effort, fatigue and concentration in the conceptual design process

Cited by 26 publications

References 47 publications

Review of the use of neurophysiological and biometric measures in experimental design research

Review of the use of neurophysiological and biometric measures in experimental design research

The neural correlates of ideation in product design engineering practitioners

The future of design cognition analysis

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