ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2017
Creating Affording Situations: Coaching through Animate Objects.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Human Coaching Methodologies for Automatic Electronic Coaching (eCoaching) as Behavioral Interventions With Information and Communication Technology: Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Smart Objects for Clinical Rehabilitation and Education: A Scoping Review of Design, Sensing, and Validation.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Impairment and Compensation in Dexterous Upper-Limb Function After Stroke. From the Direct Consequences of Pyramidal Tract Lesions to Behavioral Involvement of Both Upper-Limbs in Daily Activities.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Review
- Smart Sensing Technologies for Personalised e-Coaching.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Article
- Designing Smart Objects to Support Affording Situations: Exploiting Affordance Through an Understanding of Forms of Engagement.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
We explore the ways in which animate objects can be used to cue actions as part of coaching in Activities of Daily Living (ADL). In this case, changing the appearance or behavior of a physical object is intended to cue actions which are appropriate for a given context. The context is defined by the intention of the users, the state of the objects and the tasks for which these objects can be used. We present initial design prototypes and simple user trials which explore the impact of different cues on activity. It is shown that raising the handle of a jug, for example, not only cues the act of picking up the jug but also encourages use of the hand adjacent to the handle; that combinations of lights (on the objects) and auditory cues influence activity through reducing uncertainty; and that cueing can challenge pre-learned action sequences. We interpret these results in terms of the idea that the animate objects can be used to create affording situations, and discuss implications of this work to support relearning of ADL following brain damage or injury, such as might arise following a stroke.
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