Does Motion Intensity Impair Cognition in HCI? The Critical Role of Physical Motion-Visual Target Directional Congruency

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Autori principali: Wang, Jianshu, Liu, Siyu, Zhou, Chao, Zheng, Yawen, Yue, Yuan, Qu, Tangjun, Li, Yang, Xie, Yutao, Huang, Jin, Bian, Yulong, Tian, Feng
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author Wang, Jianshu
Liu, Siyu
Zhou, Chao
Zheng, Yawen
Yue, Yuan
Qu, Tangjun
Li, Yang
Xie, Yutao
Huang, Jin
Bian, Yulong
Tian, Feng
author_facet Wang, Jianshu
Liu, Siyu
Zhou, Chao
Zheng, Yawen
Yue, Yuan
Qu, Tangjun
Li, Yang
Xie, Yutao
Huang, Jin
Bian, Yulong
Tian, Feng
contents Human-computer interaction (HCI) increasingly occurs in motion-rich environments. The ability to accurately and rapidly respond to directional visual cues is critical in these contexts. How whole-body motion and individual differences affect human perception and reaction to these directional cues is therefore a key, yet an underexplored question for HCI. This study used a 6-DOF motion platform to measure task performance on a visual direction judgment task. We analyzed performance by decomposing the complex motion into two distinct components: a task-irrelevant lateral interference component and a task-aligned directional congruency component. Results indicate that increased motion intensity lengthened reaction times. This effect was primarily driven by the lateral interference component, and this detrimental impact was disproportionately amplified for individuals with high motion sickness susceptibility. Conversely, directional congruency, where motion direction matched the visual cue, improved performance for all participants. These findings suggest that motion's impact on cognition is not monolithic, and that system design for mobile HCI can be informed by strategies that actively shape motion, such as minimizing lateral interference while maximizing directional congruency.
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spellingShingle Does Motion Intensity Impair Cognition in HCI? The Critical Role of Physical Motion-Visual Target Directional Congruency
Wang, Jianshu
Liu, Siyu
Zhou, Chao
Zheng, Yawen
Yue, Yuan
Qu, Tangjun
Li, Yang
Xie, Yutao
Huang, Jin
Bian, Yulong
Tian, Feng
Human-Computer Interaction
Human-computer interaction (HCI) increasingly occurs in motion-rich environments. The ability to accurately and rapidly respond to directional visual cues is critical in these contexts. How whole-body motion and individual differences affect human perception and reaction to these directional cues is therefore a key, yet an underexplored question for HCI. This study used a 6-DOF motion platform to measure task performance on a visual direction judgment task. We analyzed performance by decomposing the complex motion into two distinct components: a task-irrelevant lateral interference component and a task-aligned directional congruency component. Results indicate that increased motion intensity lengthened reaction times. This effect was primarily driven by the lateral interference component, and this detrimental impact was disproportionately amplified for individuals with high motion sickness susceptibility. Conversely, directional congruency, where motion direction matched the visual cue, improved performance for all participants. These findings suggest that motion's impact on cognition is not monolithic, and that system design for mobile HCI can be informed by strategies that actively shape motion, such as minimizing lateral interference while maximizing directional congruency.
title Does Motion Intensity Impair Cognition in HCI? The Critical Role of Physical Motion-Visual Target Directional Congruency
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12884