Mindless computing: Designing technologies to subtly influence behavior

UbiComp 2015 - Proceedings of the 2015 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 719-730

  Adams, Alexander T ^a   Costa, Jean ^a   Jung, Malte F ^a   Choudhury, Tanzeem ^a  

^a Social Dynamics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior Change; Mindless; Nudging; Persuasive Technology; Subconscious; Subliminal; System 1; System 2

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; MOTIVATION; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; MINDLESS; NUDGING; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY; SUBCONSCIOUS; SUBLIMINAL; SYSTEM 1; SYSTEM 2;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84960944409     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2750858.2805843     Document Type: Conference Paper

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