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Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments

J�ger, Nils; Schn�delbach, Holger; Hale, Jonathan; Kirk, David; Glover, Kevin

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NILS JAEGER NILS.JAEGER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
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Holger Schn�delbach

David Kirk



Abstract

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The British Computer Society. Computing has become an established part of the built environment augmenting it to become adaptive. We generally assume that we control the adaptive environments we inhabit. Using an existing adaptive environment prototype, we conducted a controlled study testing how the reversal of control (where the environment attempts to influence the behaviour of the inhabitant) would affect participants. Most participants changed their respiratory behaviour in accordance with this environmental manipulation. Behavioural change occurred either consciously or unconsciously. We explain the two different paths leading participants to behavioural change: (i) we adapt the model of interbodily resonance, a process of bodily interaction observable between, for example, partners engaged in verbal dialogue, to describe the unconscious bodily response to subtle changes in the environment and (ii) we apply the model of secondary control, an adjustment of one's own expectations to maintain the pretence of control, to describe conscious cognitive adaptation to the changing environment. We also discuss potential applications of our findings in therapeutic and other settings.

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Jäger, N., Schnädelbach, H., Hale, J., Kirk, D., & Glover, K. (2017). Reciprocal Control in Adaptive Environments. Interacting with Computers, 29(4), 512-529. https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iww037

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 29, 2016
Online Publication Date Jan 13, 2017
Publication Date Jul 1, 2017
Deposit Date Nov 30, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Interacting with Computers
Print ISSN 0953-5438
Electronic ISSN 1873-7951
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 29
Issue 4
Pages 512-529
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/iwc/iww037
Keywords Control; Embodiment; Adaptive Environments; Interaction
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/840445
Publisher URL http://iwc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2017/01/10/iwc.iww037

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