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Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment
Collaboration is a complex phenomenon, where intersubjective dynamics can greatly affect the productive outcome. Evaluation of collaboration is thus of great interest, and can potentially help achieve better outcomes and performance. However, quantitative measurement of collaboration is difficult, b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29453408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21518-3 |
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author | Ahonen, Lauri Cowley, Benjamin Ultan Hellas, Arto Puolamäki, Kai |
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description | Collaboration is a complex phenomenon, where intersubjective dynamics can greatly affect the productive outcome. Evaluation of collaboration is thus of great interest, and can potentially help achieve better outcomes and performance. However, quantitative measurement of collaboration is difficult, because much of the interaction occurs in the intersubjective space between collaborators. Manual observation and/or self-reports are subjective, laborious, and have a poor temporal resolution. The problem is compounded in natural settings where task-activity and response-compliance cannot be controlled. Physiological signals provide an objective mean to quantify intersubjective rapport (as synchrony), but require novel methods to support broad deployment outside the lab. We studied 28 student dyads during a self-directed classroom pair-programming exercise. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activation was measured during task performance using electrodermal activity and electrocardiography. Results suggest that (a) we can isolate cognitive processes (mental workload) from confounding environmental effects, and (b) electrodermal signals show role-specific but correlated affective response profiles. We demonstrate the potential for social physiological compliance to quantify pair-work in natural settings, with no experimental manipulation of participants required. Our objective approach has a high temporal resolution, is scalable, non-intrusive, and robust. |
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spelling | pubmed-58166052018-02-21 Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment Ahonen, Lauri Cowley, Benjamin Ultan Hellas, Arto Puolamäki, Kai Sci Rep Article Collaboration is a complex phenomenon, where intersubjective dynamics can greatly affect the productive outcome. Evaluation of collaboration is thus of great interest, and can potentially help achieve better outcomes and performance. However, quantitative measurement of collaboration is difficult, because much of the interaction occurs in the intersubjective space between collaborators. Manual observation and/or self-reports are subjective, laborious, and have a poor temporal resolution. The problem is compounded in natural settings where task-activity and response-compliance cannot be controlled. Physiological signals provide an objective mean to quantify intersubjective rapport (as synchrony), but require novel methods to support broad deployment outside the lab. We studied 28 student dyads during a self-directed classroom pair-programming exercise. Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activation was measured during task performance using electrodermal activity and electrocardiography. Results suggest that (a) we can isolate cognitive processes (mental workload) from confounding environmental effects, and (b) electrodermal signals show role-specific but correlated affective response profiles. We demonstrate the potential for social physiological compliance to quantify pair-work in natural settings, with no experimental manipulation of participants required. Our objective approach has a high temporal resolution, is scalable, non-intrusive, and robust. Nature Publishing Group UK 2018-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5816605/ /pubmed/29453408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21518-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Ahonen, Lauri Cowley, Benjamin Ultan Hellas, Arto Puolamäki, Kai Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title | Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title_full | Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title_fullStr | Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title_full_unstemmed | Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title_short | Biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: EDA and ECG study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
title_sort | biosignals reflect pair-dynamics in collaborative work: eda and ecg study of pair-programming in a classroom environment |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816605/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29453408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21518-3 |
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