Fostering Safe Behaviors via Metaphor-Based Nudging Technologies

Ervas, Francesca; Gunia, Artur; Lorini, Giuseppe; Stojanov, Georgi; Indurkhya, Bipin

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“…In recent years, more and more IT systems have been developed to enhance people’s cognitive abilities. These systems tend to enhance people’s basic intellectual abilities, such as memory or attention [ 11 , 12 ], and also enhance people’s more subtle abilities, such as the aesthetic and moral senses [ 13 ], motivation and decision processes [ 14 ], emotional attitude [ 15 ], visual attention and decision [ 16 ], and the learning process [ 17 ]. For these enhancing purposes, technologies such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), or mixed reality (MR), as well as intelligent agents, such as robots, and other immersive technologies, are often used.…”

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Grand Theft Auto-Based Cycling Simulator for Cognitive Enhancement Technologies in Dangerous Traffic Situations

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While developing traffic-based cognitive enhancement technology (CET), such as bike accident prevention systems, it can be challenging to test and evaluate them properly. After all, the real-world scenario could endanger the subjects’ health and safety. Therefore, a simulator is needed, preferably one that is realistic yet low cost. This paper introduces a way to use the video game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) and its sophisticated traffic system as a base to create such a simulator, allowing for the safe and realistic testing of dangerous traffic situations involving cyclists, cars, and trucks. The open world of GTA V, which can be explored on foot and via various vehicles, serves as an immersive stand-in for the real world. Custom modification scripts of the game give the researchers control over the experiment scenario and the output data to be evaluated. An off-the-shelf bicycle equipped with three sensors serves as a realistic input device for the subject’s movement direction and speed. The simulator was used to test two early-stage CET concepts enabling cyclists to sense dangerous traffic situations, such as trucks approaching from behind the cyclist. Thus, this paper also presents the user evaluation of the cycling simulator and the CET used by the subjects to sense dangerous traffic situations. With the knowledge of the first iteration of the user-centered design (UCD) process, this paper concludes by naming improvements for the cycling simulator and discussing further research directions for CET that enable users to sense dangerous situations better.

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Grand Theft Auto-Based Cycling Simulator for Cognitive Enhancement Technologies in Dangerous Traffic Situations

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“…Several researchers have proposed nudging as a way to guide technological design in the context of the pandemic, for example by utilizing different nudge principles and technologies that estimate proximity, to support distancing behavior (Ervas et al, 2022;Ho et al, 2022;Zetterholm et al, 2021). There are also examples of devices in the market where this approach is exemplified in practice (De Fazio et al, 2021).…”

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“…Several studies have presented similar ideas and suggested the nudge approach to guide technological design and to support people's preventive behavior during the pandemic (Ervas et al, 2022;Ho et al, 2022;. However, there has been a lack of research studying how this form of technological design can be utilized in real life settings.…”

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Re-defining the Problem in Technology Aided Epidemic Prevention: from contact tracing to behavioral design

Villius Zetterholm

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In this work, the Covid-19 pandemic provides the context for exploring the emerging field of mobile technologies for disease prevention and tracking during epidemics and pandemics. Knowledge on how to design and utilize these types of digital preventive technologies and how to gain public acceptance is still limited. This area presents novel opportunities for the informatics community to address the pressing need to enhance resilience to epidemic outbreaks. Much focus has been placed on proximity-based contact tracing applications during this pandemic, but their use has raised concerns about ethics and privacy. Scholars have also called for alternatives to this technology. In this regard, technologies based on behavioral design represent a promising yet under-explored opportunity. The aim of this thesis is to contribute to a better understanding of how mobile technologies can support preventive efforts during epidemic outbreaks. Additionally, it aims to inform ways of thinking and approaching the problem to guide design of digital preventive technologies. The research question guiding this work is: How can digital preventive technologies based on proximity tracking be designed and utilized to enhance mitigation strategies during epidemic outbreaks? This work comprises four studies that shed light on different levels of this complex problem through conceptual and empirical approaches. Two technologies—contact tracing and nudge technologies—are discussed, and various aspects related to their design and use are explored. It is proposed to reframe the problem in technological design, from a focus on tracking infectious individuals to a behavioral design perspective, promoting physical distancing through nudges. Moreover, it is emphasized that human aspects such as public acceptance are essential for utilizing the potential of digital preventive technologies. This thesis contributes to emerging theoretical understanding of how digital and preventive technologies can be utilized in epidemic outbreaks. It also expands the number of tangible alternatives available for a toolbox of digital preventive technologies, strengthening our preparedness for future outbreaks.

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Fostering Safe Behaviors via Metaphor-Based Nudging Technologies

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Grand Theft Auto-Based Cycling Simulator for Cognitive Enhancement Technologies in Dangerous Traffic Situations

Grand Theft Auto-Based Cycling Simulator for Cognitive Enhancement Technologies in Dangerous Traffic Situations

Re-defining the Problem in Technology Aided Epidemic Prevention: from contact tracing to behavioral design

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