Foundations of Augmented Cognition. Neuroergonomics and Operational Neuroscience

The 13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2009, was held in San Diego, California, USA, July 19–24, 2009, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2009, the 8th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 5th International Conference on Universal Access in Human–Computer Interaction, the Third International Conf- ence on Virtual and Mixed Reality, the Third International Conference on Internati- alization, Design and Global Development, the Third International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 5th International Conference on Augmented Cognition, the Second International Conference on Digital Human Mod- ing, and the First International Conference on Human Centered Design. A total of 4,348 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and gove- mental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,397 papers that were judged to be of high scientific quality were included in the program. These papers - dress the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of the design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of human–computer interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas.

Understanding Human Cognition and Behavior in Complex Tasks and Environments.- A Generic Personal Assistant Agent Model for Support in Demanding Tasks.- Adaptive Interfaces in Driving.- Using Context to Identify Difficult Driving Situations in Unstructured Environments.- Neurally-Driven Adaptive Decision Aids.- Understanding Brain, Cognition, and Behavior in Complex Dynamic Environments.- Designing a Control and Visualization System for Off-Highway Machinery According to the Adaptive Automation Paradigm.- Context-Dependent Force-Feedback Steering Wheel to Enhance Drivers’ On-Road Performances.- Where Is My Stuff? Augmenting Finding and Re-finding Information by Spatial Locations and Icon Luminance.- Adaptive Work-Centered and Human-Aware Support Agents for Augmented Cognition in Tactical Environments.- Designing Cognition-Centric Smart Room Predicting Inhabitant Activities.- Context-Aware Team Task Allocation to Support Mobile Police Surveillance.- Operational Brain Dynamics: Data Fusion Technology for Neurophysiological, Behavioral, and Scenario Context Information in Operational Environments.- Cognitive Modeling, Perception, Emotion and Interaction.- Characterizing Cognitive Adaptability via Robust Automated Knowledge Capture.- Implications of User Anxiety in the Evaluation of Deception in Web Sites.- Investigation of Sleepiness Induced by Insomnia Medication Treatment and Sleep Deprivation.- Activity Awareness and Social Sensemaking 2.0: Design of a Task Force Workspace.- Use of Deception to Improve Client Honeypot Detection of Drive-by-Download Attacks.- Capturing and Building Expertise in Virtual Worlds.- Conformity out of Diversity: Dynamics of Information Needs and Social Influence of Tags in Exploratory Information Search.- Trail Patterns in Social Tagging Systems: Role of Tags as Digital Pheromones.- Real-Time Emotional State Estimator for Adaptive Virtual Reality Stimulation.- User’s Motion for Shape Perception Using CyARM.- Human Control Modeling Based on Multimodal Sensory Feedback Information.- Potential and Challenges of Body Area Networks for Affective Human Computer Interaction.- Experimental Assessment of Accuracy of Automated Knowledge Capture.- Cognitive Load and Performance.- Eye Movement as Indicators of Mental Workload to Trigger Adaptive Automation.- Impact of Automation and Task Load on Unmanned System Operator’s Eye Movement Patterns.- Combining Electroencephalograph and Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy to Explore Users’ Mental Workload.- Detecting Intentional Errors Using the Pressures Applied to a Computer Mouse.- Visual Navigation Patterns and Cognitive Load.- Modeling the Cognitive Task Load and Performance of Naval Operators.- Impact on Performance and Process by a Social Annotation System: A Social Reading Experiment.- Proposing Strategies to Prevent the Human Error in Automated Industrial Environments.- Wearable Modular Device for Facilitation of Napping and Optimization of Post-nap Performance.- Converging Minds: Assessing Team Performance Using Psychophysiological Measures.- Measuring Cognitive Workload in Non-military Scenarios Criteria for Sensor Technologies.- Combined Effects of Sleep Deprivation, Narrow Space, Social Isolation and High Cognitive Workload on Cognitive Ability of Chinese Operators.- Electroencephalography and Brain Activity Measurement.- Quantifying the Feasibility of Compressive Sensing in Portable Electroencephalography Systems.- Are You Really Looking? Finding the Answer through Fixation Patterns and EEG.- “What Was He Thinking?”: Using EEG Data to Facilitate the Interpretation of Performance Patterns.- Motion-Sickness Related Brain Areas and EEG Power Activates.- Building Dependable EEG Classifiers for the Real World – It’s Not Just about the Hardware.- Improved Team Performance Using EEG- and Context-Based Cognitive-State Classifications for a Vehicle Crew.- Detecting Frontal EEG Activities with Forehead Electrodes.- The Effectiveness of Feedback Control in a HCI System Using Biological Features of Human Beings.- Bayesian Reconstruction of Perceptual Experiences from Human Brain Activity.- Tonic Changes in EEG Power Spectra during Simulated Driving.- P300 Based Single Trial Independent Component Analysis on EEG Signal.- Directed Components Analysis: An Analytic Method for the Removal of Biophysical Artifacts from EEG Data.- Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy and Electroencephalography: A Multimodal Imaging Approach.- Transcranial Doppler: A Tool for Augmented Cognition in Virtual Environments.- Predicting Intended Movement Direction Using EEG from Human Posterior Parietal Cortex.- Physiological Measuring.- Enhancing Text-Based Analysis Using Neurophysiological Measures.- Affective Computer-Generated Stimulus Exposure: Psychophysiological Support for Increased Elicitation of Negative Emotions in High and Low Fear Subjects.- Applying Real Time Physiological Measures of Cognitive Load to Improve Training.- Considerations for Designing Response Quantification Procedures in Non-traditional Psychophysiological Applications.- Neurophysiological Measures of Brain Activity: Going from the Scalp to the Brain.- Parsimonious Identification of Physiological Indices for Monitoring Cognitive Fatigue.- In-Helmet Oxy-hemoglobin Change Detection Using Near-Infrared Sensing.- Assessment of Psychophysiological Differences of West Point Cadets and Civilian Controls Immersed within a Virtual Environment.- Characterizing the Psychophysiological Profile of Expert and Novice Marksmen.- Assessing Cognitive State with Multiple Physiological Measures: A Modular Approach.- Neuro-NIRS: Analysis of Neural Activities Using NIRS.- Eye Movements and Pupil Size Reveal Deception in Computer Administered Questionnaires.- Physiological-Based Assessment of the Resilience of Training to Stressful Conditions.- Augmented Cognition in Training and Education.- Tunnel Operator Training with a Conversational Agent-Assistant.- Evaluating Training with Cognitive State Sensing Technology.- Identifying the Nature of Knowledge Using the Pressures Applied to a Computer Mouse.- Realizing Adaptive Instruction (Ad-In): The Convergence of Learning, Instruction, and Assessment.- Adaptive Learning via Social Cognitive Theory and Digital Cultural Ecosystems.- The Interaction between Chinese University Students’ Computer Use and Their Attitudes toward Computer in Learning and Innovation.- Peak Performance Trainer (PPTTM): Interactive Neuro-educational Technology to Increase the Pace and Efficiency of Rifle Marksmanship Training.- The Quality of Training Effectiveness Assessment (QTEA) Tool Applied to the Naval Aviation Training Context.- Perceptually-Informed Virtual Environment (PerceiVE) Design Tool.- Can Neurophysiologic Synchronies Provide a Platform for Adapting Team Performance?.- Seeing the World through an Expert’s Eyes: Context-Aware Display as a Training Companion.- Translating Learning Theories into Physiological Hypotheses.- Adapting Instruction.- Brain-Computer Interfaces.- Assessment of Cognitive Neural Correlates for a Functional Near Infrared-Based Brain Computer Interface System.- Systems and Strategies for Accessing the Information Content of fNIRS Imaging in Support of Noninvasive BCI Applications.- Brain-Computer Interaction.- P300 Based Brain Computer Interfaces: A Progress Report.- Goal-Oriented Control with Brain-Computer Interface.- Wearable and Wireless Brain-Computer Interface and Its Applications.- Mind Monitoring via Mobile Brain-Body Imaging.- Utilizing Secondary Input from Passive Brain-Computer Interfaces for Enhancing Human-Machine Interaction.- Rehabilitation and Cognitive Aids.- Augmented Cognition as Rehabilitation: Facilitating Neuroplasticity?.- Embodying Meaning in Bio-cognitive Aid Design.- CI Therapy: A Method for Harnessing Neuroplastic Changes to Improve Rehabilitation after Damage to the Brain.- Augmented Cognition Design Approaches for Treating Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries.- Brain Processes and Neurofeedback for Performance Enhancement of Precision Motor Behavior.- Long Term Repair of Learning Disability through Short-Term Reduction of CNS Inhibition.- Development of Sensitive, Specific, and Deployable Methods for Detecting and Discriminating mTBI and PTSD.- Physiologically Driven Rehabilitation Using Virtual Reality.