Measuring emotional valence to understand the user's experience of software

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-314

  Hazlett, Richard L ^a,b   Benedek, Joey ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Hazlett Research   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Affecting computing; Desirability; Emotion; Physiologic measures; Software testing methods; User experience

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; FEEDBACK; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

AFFECTING COMPUTING; DESIRABILITY; PHYSIOLOGIC MEASURES; SOFTWARE TESTING METHODS; USER EXPERIENCE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

EID: 33846807575     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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