Quantifying designer's mental stress during the conceptual design process using kinesics study

DS 58-9: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages 211-220

  Tang, Yao ^a   Zeng, Yong ^a  

^a Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Designer's mental stress; Kinesics; Kinesics frequency

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENTS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGNER'S BEHAVIOR; KINESICS; KINESICS FREQUENCY; MENTAL STRESS;

VIDEO RECORDING;

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN;

EID: 84859249359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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