• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2020

The operation and monitoring (OM) interface is the digital medium between nuclear power system and operators. The cognitive load of OM interface has an important effect on the operation errors made by operator during OM task between operator and computer. The cognitive load model of OM interface is constructed for analysing the composition and influencing factors of OM interface cognitive load. And to study the coping strategies and methods for cognitive load of nuclear power system. An experiment method based on eye movement is proposed to measure the cognitive load of OM interface. Experiment case is carried out with 20 subjects and typical OM interface of a nuclear power system simulator. The OM interface is optimized based on the experiment results. And the results comparison between the original OM interface and the optimized OM interface shows that the cognitive load model and proposed method is valuable contributions in reducing the cognitive load and improving the interaction efficiency of OM tasks.

• 시스템엔지니어링학술지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2013

The aim of this study is to propose the design process suitable for developing the cognitive interface considering system engineering process (SEP) models. Due to the cognitive workload in an operation of HMS, some cognitive interfaces have been developed. It is somehow difficult to use the developed cognitive interface in real working environment since they often showed a conflict to stereotyped interface. So it is necessary to develop the design process suitable for the more operator-specific interface. Various SEP models were reviewed for selecting the suitable design process which might resolve the problem from design-specific interface. The suitable process for designing cognitive interface was proposed considering currently usable SEP models. The findings from the study may be helpful for systematic approach to designing cognitive interface in digitalized environment. The proposed design process would be applied for easily employing the cognitive interface in digitalized working environment such as main control room in nuclear power plant.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.243-252
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• 2002

인터넷 환경의 발전으로 인한 사용자 폭의 확대는 연령계층별 사용자에 대한 인지특성의 이해와 이에 따른 사용자 중심의 디자인 방법을 필요로 하고 있다. 이와 같은 배경에서 본 연구는 웹 인터페이스에서 시각정보의 인지특성 도출을 위해 시지각 인지프로세스 모델을 제시하였으며, 시각정보에 대한 시지각 계측실험의 과정을 거쳐 연령 계층별 피험자의 인지특성에 대한 실질적인 데이터를 확보할 수 있었다. 이의 결과를 토대로 연령계층별 사용자의 인지특성은 시지각 인지프로세스의 세부속성인 형태, 색채, 공간, 운동과 시지각의 생리적, 물리적, 인지적 특성이 변수로 작용하여 서로 다른 인지특성을 가지고 있음을 밝혔다. 그 결과로 시지각 인지프로세스 모델의 다양한 적용은 연령계층별 사용자의 인지특성을 구체적이며 체계적으로 도출할 수 있는 수 있는 기반이 될 수 있을 것이며 웹 인터페이스의 평가 모델로도 활용 될 수 있을 것이다. 또한 본 연구는 디자이너의 역할 확대와 연령계층별 사용편의성 연구방향을 확립할 수 있는 기반을 마련하는 계기가 되었다는데서 그 의의가 있다.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2002년도 가을학술발표대회 디자인학 연구
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• pp.76-77
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• 2002

• 대한물리의학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2018

PURPOSE: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the changes in the cognitive function of elderly dementia patients residing in a residential care facility, following six weeks of brain-computer interface (BCI)-based cognitive training and to determine whether BCI-based cognitive training effectively improves their cognitive functions. METHODS: Thirty subjects diagnosed with dementia were randomly assigned to either the experimental or control group. Pre- and post-test cognitive function assessments were conducted using the mini mental state examination-Korean (MMSE-K) and Korean-dementia rating scale (K-DRS). The experimental group received BCI-based cognitive training, which consisted of games such as flying a ball and exploding a bomb, while the control group participated in music listening activities and National Health Gymnastics. Both groups engaged in a total of 18 sessions (3 times per week for 6 weeks, for 40 minutes per session). RESULTS: After 6 weeks of intervention, the experimental group had significantly increased MMSE-K scores ($19.53{\pm}1.30$ to $22.20{\pm}1.15$; p<.0011) and total K-DRS scores ($87.20{\pm}4.16$ to $99.33{\pm}1.15$; p<.0011). In addition, the experimental group showed greater cognitive improvements than the control group. CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that BCI-based cognitive training is a positive intervention tool for improving the cognitive function of dementia patients.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.1-23
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• 2014

Nowadays, smartphones have become a portable multimedia computer because of a variety of useful applications in our daily lives, which can be downloaded and installed easily in smartphones. Despite of the fact that, however in the IS literature there has been little research on smartphone applications' user interface design. Specifically, there has been little understanding about smartphone users' cognitive functions as a mediating variable in the relationship between the user interface design of smartphone applications and users' work performance with the applications. Thus, the research aims of this study are to examine 1) the effects of the user interface design attributes including simplicity, consistency, and metaphor on the compliance with or the extension of users' mental models representing users' cognitive functions, and 2) the effects of the users' cognitive functions on their work performance with the applications. A survey was conducted and Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) was employed to analyze the data. The results of this study showed that two of the user interface design attributes, simplicity and consistency, strongly affected users' cognitive functions. In addition, users' cognitive functions significantly influenced users' work performance. However, there was no relationship between the metaphors in the user interfaces of smartphone applications and the compliance with users' mental model. This study contributed theoretically not only to explore users' mental models that are rarely investigated in the IS field, but also to add some findings related to users' cognitive functions to the IS literature. This study also can help practitioners to develop more user friendly user interfaces of smartphone applications by suggesting the design attributes, such as simplicity, consistency, and metaphor.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.907-914
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• 2010

Cognitive model, that is cognitive architecture, is the model expressed with computer program to show the process how human solve a certain problem and it is continuously under investigation through various fields of study such as cognitive engineering, computer engineering, and cognitive psychology. In addition, the much extensive applicability of cognitive model usually helps it to be used for quantitative prediction of human Behavior or Natural programming of human performance in many HCI areas including User Interface Usability, artificial intelligence, natural programming language and also Robot engineering. Meanwhile, when a system designed, an usability test about conceptual design of interface is needed and in this case, analysis evaluation using cognitive model like GOMS or ACT-R is much more effective than empirical evaluation which naturally needs products and subjects. In particular, if we consider the recent trend of very short-end term between a previous technology development and the next new one, it would take time and much efforts to choose subjects and train them in order to conduct usability test which is repeatedly followed in the process of a system development and this finally would bring delays of development of a new system. In this study, we predicted quantitatively the human behavior processes which contains cognitive processes for menu selection in touch screen interface through ACT-R, one of the common method of usability test. Throughout the study, it was shown that the result using cognitive model was equal with the result using existing empirical evaluation. And it is expected that cognitive model has a possibility not only to be used as an effective methodology for evaluation of HCI products or system but also to contribute the activation of HCI cognitive modeling in Korea.

• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.251-260
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• 2006

산업의 발달은 제품 성능의 대형화와 다기능화를 가능케 하였지만 복잡성을 가중시켜 제품의 사용편의성 문제가 항상 이슈로 등장한다. 따라서 효과적인 사용자-제품 상호작용을 개선시키는 중요한 설계요소 중의 하나가 사용자의 인지적 특성을 인터페이스 설계에 반영하는 것이다. 본 연구는 대표적 생활 가전제품의 하나인 세탁기의 인터페이스를 사용자의 상호작용방식을 기준으로 평가하고자 한다. 세탁기는 수많은 기능들이 메뉴 구동방식으로 제공되므로 먼저, 설문조사단계에서 경로발견알고리즘을 사용하여 사용자가 선호하는 새로운 메뉴구조를 제시하였다. 두 번째 단계에서는 이와 같은 사용자와 설계자의 메뉴구조 차이를 비교하기 위하여 세 제품을 선택한 후 작업 수행도를 평가하였고 실험작업 동안 각 제품이 제공하는 기능들의 구동방식 및 경로를 응용 상태전이도로 표현하였다. 그리고 사용자가 세 제품에서 공통적으로 선호하는 구동방식 및 작업경로를 상태전이도로 작성하였다. 그 결과, 실험작업에서 사용자가 갖는 구동방식과 작업경로는 설계자의 요구사항과 달랐지만 설문조사단계에서 확인된 인지적 메뉴구조의 구동방식과 일치함을 입증할 수 있었다. 연구의 결과는 설계자가 예상치 못한 메뉴구동방식을 제공함으로써 제품 기능의 활용도를 높이고 사용자를 위한 세탁기 인터페이스의 디자인 개선 방안으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국디자인학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국디자인학회 2001년도 Bulletin of The 5th Asian Design Conference International Symposium on Design Science
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• pp.61.1-61
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• 2001

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2013

Objective: This study proposes the application of Ecological Interface Design(EID) method that is effective for situation awareness in digitalized environment. Background: While cognitive interface design method such as Information Rich Display(IRD) is simply focused on existing information for user, EID method helps users' resource to be solved to higher ion task such as diagnostic and problem solving. Method: Using EID method based on Work Domain Analysis (WDA), it was analyzed and designed for Steam Generator(SG) Water Level control process in a digitalized Main Control Room of Nuclear Power Plant. Proposed EID example is evaluated through interviews by expert & operator. Results: The result of expert & operator showed that EID display might give an aid for operator's decision. Conclusion: The results can reduce critical accidental damage that occurred due to cognitive load and so critical human error. Application: This study may be impact on situation awareness study for digitalized interface design.