One step at a time: Multimodal interfaces and children’s executive functioning

Peter McKenna; Oliver Lemon; Martin Corley; D Boa; Gnanathusharan Rajendran

doi:10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6983018

One step at a time: Multimodal interfaces and children’s executive functioning

Peter McKenna, Oliver Lemon, Martin Corley, D Boa, Gnanathusharan Rajendran

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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The following study outlines a new computerized executive function task (Slippy's Adventure) inspired by the Towers of Hanoi task. The main focus was to determine if the task was developmentally sensitive. A further consideration was how physical embodiment would affect performance. This line of enquiry arose from recent developments in HCI (human-computer interaction), in particular, multimodal interfaces. To investigate the role of embodiment children completed Slippy's Adventure using an electronic floor mat and a computer keyboard. The results supported our hypothesis that 7 year olds would outperform 5 year olds. However, physical action did not have an ameliorative effect on performance as predicted. The implications of these findings are discussed with future considerations suggested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2014 Joint IEEE International Conferences on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	421-425
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6983018
Publication status	Published - 13 Oct 2014
Event	ICDL-Epirob - Genoa, Italy Duration: 13 Oct 2014 → 16 Oct 2014

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Conference	ICDL-Epirob
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Genoa
Period	13/10/14 → 16/10/14

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McKenna, P, Lemon, O, Corley, M, Boa, D & Rajendran, G 2014, One step at a time: Multimodal interfaces and children’s executive functioning. in 2014 Joint IEEE International Conferences on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 421-425, ICDL-Epirob, Genoa, Italy, 13/10/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/DEVLRN.2014.6983018

One step at a time : Multimodal interfaces and children’s executive functioning. / McKenna, Peter; Lemon, Oliver; Corley, Martin et al.

2014 Joint IEEE International Conferences on Development and Learning and Epigenetic Robotics. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014. p. 421-425.

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