Sarah Webber

Engaging with Nature through Technology: a Scoping Review of HCI Research

Sarah Webber, Ryan Kelly, Greg Wadley, Michael Smith

Conference Proceedings  |  2023  |  Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Technological progress has often been measured by the extent to which it shields and protects us from the harshness of nature. At ..

Welfare Through Competence: A Framework for Animal-Centric Technology Design

Sarah Webber, Mia L Cobb, Jon Coe

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Digital technologies offer new ways to ensure that animals can lead a good life in managed settings. As interactive enrichment and..

Impact of the global pandemic upon young people's use of technology for emotion regulation

B Tag, N van Berkel, AW Vargo, Z Sarsenbayeva, T Colasante, G Wadley, S Webber, W Smith, P Koval, T Hollenstein, J Goncalves, V Kostakos

Journal article  |  2022  |  Computers in Human Behavior Reports

Technology plays an increasingly prominent role in emotional lives. Researchers have begun to study how people use devices to cope..

Digital Emotion Regulation in Everyday Life

W Smith, G Wadley, S Webber, B Tag, V Kostakos, P Koval, JJ Gross

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Two decades of focus on User Experience has yielded an array of digital technologies that help people experience, understand and s..

The Future of Emotion in Human-Computer Interaction

Gregory Wadley, Vassilis Kostakos, Peter KOVAL, Wally Smith, Sarah Webber, Anna Cox, James Gross, Kristina Höök, Regan Mandryk,, Petr Slovák

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts

Emotion has been studied in HCI for two decades, with specific traditions interested in sensing, expressing, transmitting, modelli..

Reflecting on Methods in Animal Computer Interaction: Novelty Effect and Habituation

Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, Sarah Webber

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

Many studies of animal–computer interaction (ACI), including those for enrichment, have found that animals’ initial responses to a..

Digital Technologies in Nature

Sarah Webber, Jessica L Oliver, Wally Smith, Helena Bender, Kellie Vella, Margot Brereton, Alasdair Davies, Julia Hoy, Kate Judith

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

This workshop explored the design and deployment of digital technologies in nature. We sought to facilitate interdisciplinary dial..

Improving ethical attitudes to animals with digital technologies: the case of apes and zoos

Simon Coghlan, Sarah Webber, Marcus Carter

Journal article  |  2021  |  ETHICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

This paper examines how digital technologies might be used to improve ethical attitudes towards nonhuman animals, by exploring the..

A Retrospective and a Look Forward: Lessons Learned From Researching Emotions In-the-Wild

Benjamin Tag, Jorge Goncalves, Sarah Webber, Peter Koval, Vassilis Kostakos

Journal article  |  2021  |  IEEE PERVASIVE COMPUTING

Emotions have a significant impact on our decision-making, learning, awareness, social interactions, and mental and physical healt..

Virtual visits: Reminiscence in residential aged care with digital mapping technologies

Sarah Webber, Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott

Journal article  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

OBJECTIVE: Digital technologies can support reminiscence and lifestyle enrichment in residential aged care. This study explores po..