Research

The Usability Research Group is engaged in psychophysiological research with a strong connection to application- and user-oriented aspects. Our research is centered on the integration of physiological data into the design of adaptive, cognition-aware systems. We investigate eye movements, cardiovascular activity, thermoregulatory processes and biomechanical responses during cognitive and affective processing.

Furthermore, we seek to evaluate whether and under what circumstances physiological activity can be affected by high-level cognition. In addition to implications for mental health, the potential for regulating autonomous functions may provide novel input channels in human-computer interaction, ultimately prompting a re-evaluation of fundamental assumptions in affective computing.