Mouse and touchscreen selection in the upper and lower visual fields Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3870897, abstract = {Neuroanatomical evidence indicates the human eye's visual field can be functionally divided into two vertical hemifields, each specialized for specific functions. The upper visual field (UVF) is specialized to support perceptual tasks in the distance, while the lower visual field (LVF) is specialized to support visually-guided motor tasks, such as pointing. We present a user study comparing mouse- and touchscreen-based pointing for items presented in the UVF and LVF on an interactive display. Consistent with the neuroscience literature, we found that mouse and touchscreen pointing were faster and more accurate for items presented in the LVF when compared to pointing at identical targets presented in the UVF. Further analysis found previously unreported performance differences between the visual fields for touchscreen pointing that were not observed for mouse pointing. This indicates that a placement of interactive items favorable to the LVF yields superior user performance, especially for systems dependent on direct touch interactions.}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, author = {Po, Barry A. and Fisher, Brian D. and Booth, Kellogg S.}, booktitle = {CHI '04: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems}, citeulike-article-id = {3870897}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=985738}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/985692.985738}, doi = {10.1145/985692.985738}, isbn = {1-58113-702-8}, keywords = {aac, at, control, touchscreen, vision, visual}, location = {Vienna, Austria}, pages = {359--366}, posted-at = {2009-07-30 13:16:49}, priority = {2}, publisher = {ACM}, title = {Mouse and touchscreen selection in the upper and lower visual fields}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/985692.985738}, year = {2004} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3870897 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3870897 N2 - Neuroanatomical evidence indicates the human eye's visual field can be functionally divided into two vertical hemifields, each specialized for specific functions. The upper visual field (UVF) is specialized to support perceptual tasks in the distance, while the lower visual field (LVF) is specialized to support visually-guided motor tasks, such as pointing. We present a user study comparing mouse- and touchscreen-based pointing for items presented in the UVF and LVF on an interactive display. Consistent with the neuroscience literature, we found that mouse and touchscreen pointing were faster and more accurate for items presented in the LVF when compared to pointing at identical targets presented in the UVF. Further analysis found previously unreported performance differences between the visual fields for touchscreen pointing that were not observed for mouse pointing. This indicates that a placement of interactive items favorable to the LVF yields superior user performance, especially for systems dependent on direct touch interactions. CY - Vienna, Austria SN - 1-58113-702-8 AD - New York, NY, USA EP - 366 TI - Mouse and touchscreen selection in the upper and lower visual fields PB - ACM T2 - CHI '04: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems SP - 359 KW - aac KW - at KW - control KW - touchscreen KW - vision KW - visual AU - Po, Barry AU - Fisher, Brian AU - Booth, Kellogg PY - 2004/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/985692.985738 ER -