Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018) |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-5898-9 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2018 |
| Event | 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018) - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 3 Sept 2018 → 6 Sept 2018 |
Conference
| Conference | 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2018) |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Barcelona |
| Period | 3/09/18 → 6/09/18 |
Keywords
- Smartphone
- subliminal priming
- semantic priming
- nonconscious behaviour change