A short review and primer on cardiovascular signals in human computer interaction applications
Andreas Henelius
TL;DR
This paper provides a concise overview of cardiovascular signals like heart rate and blood pressure variability, focusing on their application in everyday human-computer interaction to help newcomers understand core concepts.
Contribution
It offers a beginner-friendly review of cardiovascular metrics relevant to HCI, emphasizing practical applications over clinical or sports contexts.
Findings
Summarizes key cardiovascular signals used in HCI
Highlights differences between clinical and everyday applications
Serves as a primer for novices in psychophysiology
Abstract
The use of psychophysiologic signals in human-computer interaction is a growing field with significant potential for future smart personalised systems. Working in this emerging field requires comprehension of different physiological signals and analysis techniques. Cardiovascular signals such as heart rate variability and blood pressure variability are commonly used in psychophysiology in order to investigate phenomena such as mental workload. In this paper we present a short review of different cardiovascular metrics useful in the context of human-computer interaction. This paper aims to serve as a primer for the novice, enabling rapid familiarisation with the latest core concepts. We emphasise everyday human-computer interface applications to distinguish from the more common clinical or sports uses of psychophysiology. This paper is an extract from a comprehensive review of the…
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Taxonomy
TopicsHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring