Authors:
Yuta Kurihara
1
;
Motoki Shino
2
;
Katsuko Nakahira
3
and
Muneo Kitajima
3
Affiliations:
1
Department of Human & Engineered Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
;
2
Department Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Tokyo, Japan
;
3
Department of Information & Management Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Keyword(s):
Memory, Audio Guide, Visual Behavior, Information Foraging Theory, Cognitive Model.
Abstract:
Knowledge acquisition through appreciation behavior is a commonly experienced phenomenon. Appreciation behavior is characterized by real-time processing of information input through the five senses. This study focuses on multimodal information processing triggered during appreciation behavior, aiming to enhance knowledge acquisition, i.e., learning, by appropriately designing the provided information. While information during appreciation is presented as visual and auditory stimuli, learning is assumed to occur through the memorization of the content of the auditory information provided. Appreciation behavior is measured as visual behavior and modeled based on the well-established theory of information foraging. According to the information foraging theory, the process leading to information acquisition involves two states: the foraging state, where individuals actively seek information sources, and the acquisition transition state, where attention is directed towards information sou
rces for acquiring information. Based on this theory, the characteristics of visual behavior are extracted for foraging and acquisition transition behaviors. This paper suggested that foraging state can be discerned by setting a threshold for gaze point movement frequency, while the acquisition transition state can be clearly delineated by examining the movement patterns of central and peripheral vision until reaching acquisition.
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