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Reflecting on Methods in Animal Computer Interaction: Novelty Effect and Habituation
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, Sarah Webber, Anna Zamansky (ed.), Eleonora Nannoni (ed.), Patrick Shih (ed.)
Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction | Association of Computer Machinery (ACM) | Published : 2021
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Abstract
Many studies of animal–computer interaction (ACI), including those for enrichment, have found that animals’ initial responses to a technological intervention are followed by lower levels of usage as the product ceases to be new. The ’novelty effect’ has been identified and discussed in human–computer interaction research. The related concept of ’habituation’ is described in the literature on animal behaviour and enrichment. However, the field of ACI has yet to engage with the novelty effect and habituation as phenomena that have important implications for ACI design and evaluation. In this paper, we examine three ACI interventions that illustrate how the novelty effect can manifest in ACI st..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Korkeasaari Zoo, Zoos Victoria, Vilma Kankaanpaa and the dog participants for participating in and enabling this research, along with all the staff who were directly involved in the projects undertaken with animals. The Kinecting with Orangutans work was conducted in partnership with Zoos Victoria, and was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship and a Top-Up Scholarship from the Microsoft Research Centre for SocialNUI at The University of Melbourne.