Elise Labonte-LeMoyne, Ecole des Hautes Etudes CommercialesFollow Pierre-Majorique Leger, HEC MontrealFollow Sylvain Senecal, HEC MontréalFollow Radhika Santhanam, University of Oklahoma http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2016/DigitalInnovation/Presentations/1/ Abstract : In an era of constantly evolving technology, we are using more and more of our bodies to interact with our technological devices. While prior interfaces required small movement of wrists and fingers to work the keyboard and mouse, we now, for example, use multiple fingers on a tactile interface while holding the device with the other hand and walking down the street. All of this additional movement of our bodies changes the dynamics of how we interact with information systems, and consequently impacts our perceptions, motivations, and decisions in everyday tasks. In this paper we present a new reference discipline, kinesiology, that can inform the study of our physical interactions with technology. We also propose two new variables, direct and indirect physicality, that can be used to better understand how this physicality can affect the user's perceptions and behaviors.

1. PHYSICAL
INTERACTION
WITH TECHNOLOGY
KINESIOLOGY AS A REFERENCE DISCIPLINE
FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS RESEARCH
Élise Labonté-LeMoyne, Pierre-Majorique Léger,
Sylvain Sénécal​, HEC Montréal​
Radhika Santhanam​, University of Oklahoma​

2. Movement is the only way
you have of affecting the
world around you”
WOLPERT 2011

6. PROPOSITIONS
NEW REFERENCE FIELD:
Kinesiology
NEW CONSTRUCT:
Physicality
Dimensions
• The physicality of direct interaction with technology
• The physicality of indirect interaction with technology

7. KINESIOLOGY AS A
REFERENCE DISCIPLINE
KINESIOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN MOVEMENT
SUBFIELDS OF INTEREST:
• Motor control
• Study of the effects of exercise on cognition

8. DIRECT AND INDIRECT
PHYSICALITY

9. PHYSICALITY
OF INDIRECT INTERACTION
WITH TECHNOLOGY
Definition:
Physical positioning and movement of the user’s body
during the interaction with technology including that
which is necessary to support the device.

10. LITERATURE WALKING VS SITTING
Increased creativity
(Oppezzo and Schwartz 2014)
LYING DOWN VS STANDING
Diminished attention
(Barra et al. 2015)
LYING DOWN VS SITTING
Diminished affective responses
(Harmon-Jones and Peterson 2009)

11. ILLUSTRATIVE
STUDY
THE TREADMILL DESK:
SITTING COULD KILL YOU,
BUT CAN YOU WALK AND
WORK WELL?
Labonté-LeMoyne, É., Santhanam, R., Léger, P.-M.,
Courtemanche, F., Fredette, M., & Sénécal, S. (2015).
The delayed effect of treadmill desk usage on recall
and attention. Computers in Human Behavior, 46, 1–5.
Seated
condition
Walking
condition
Treamill
habituation
Reading task
while walking
Reading task
while seated
Adjustment
of equipment
5 min. 40 min. 10 min. 10 min. 10 min.
EEG
Recall task
Post-
experimental
survey

12. RESULTS WALKING GROUP:
• Increased task performance (recall task)
(p=0.05)
• Increased self-perceived on-task attention
(p<0.01)
• Improved EEG indexes of attention and
memory (p<0.01)
INDIRECT PHYSICALITY HAD AN IMPACT
ON HCI
Labonté-LeMoyne, É., Santhanam, R., Léger, P.-M., Courtemanche, F.,
Fredette, M., & Sénécal, S. (2015). The delayed effect of treadmill desk
usage on recall and attention. Computers in Human Behavior, 46, 1–5.

13. PHYSICALITY OF INDIRECT
INTERACTION WITH TECHNOLOGY
OPERATIONALIZATION:
• Stability (postural sway)
• Muscular recruitment
(pressure sensors and calculation of force vectors)

14. PHYSICALITY OF DIRECT
INTERACTION WITH
TECHNOLOGY
Definition:
Quantity and type of movement required from the user
to interact with the technology

15. LITTERATURE
• feeling more confident
about one’s choice
(Peck and Childers 2003)
• increased feelings of ownership
(Brasel and Gips 2014)
• increased browsing on website
(Brasel and Gips 2015)
TOUCH
=

16. ILLUSTRATIVE STUDY
MOUSE VS TOUCH SCREEN AS INPUT DEVICE:
DOES IT INFLUENCE MEMORY RETRIEVAL?
• Significant interaction between the condition
(touch vs mouse) and the Need for touch when
it came to logo recognition
PHYSICALITY OF DIRECT INTERACTION WITH
TECHNOLOGY HAD AN IMPACT ON HCI
Senecal, S., Léger, P.-M., Fredette, M., Courtemanche, F., Cameron, A.-F.,
Mirhoseini, S., Paquet, A., and Riedl, R. 2013. “Mouse vs . Touch Screen as
Input Device : Does it Influence Memory Retrieval ?,” Thirty Fourth
International Conference on Information Systems, pp. 1–10.

17. PHYSICALITY OF DIRECT
INTERACTION WITH
TECHNOLOGY
OPERATIONALIZATION
Coding system
NEUROGES coding system (Lausberg and Sloetjes, 2015)

18. POSSIBLE
CONTRIBUTION
Goodhue, D. L. (1995). Understanding User Evaluations of Information Systems.
Management Science, 41(12), 1827–1844.
Physicality

19. POSSIBLE
CONTRIBUTION

20. POSSIBLE
CONTRIBUTION
Smart cities
http://www.mtlblog.com/2014/04/montreals-stm-bus-shelters-get-all-new-touch-screens/

21. POSSIBLE
CONTRIBUTION
Health IT
http://www.gestsure.com/

22. NEXT STEPS