A study on the relationship between technological affordance of age-appropriate smart wearable devices and the well-being of older adults [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionGlobal population aging is intensifying, posing significant challenges to care for older adults. In this context, age-appropriate smart wearable devices, with their capabilities for efficient physiological monitoring, disease prevention, and ...
Hao Zhang, Shusheng Yang, Yili Lin
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Media Theory, 2019 This article introduces the special issue 'Rethinking Affordance'.
Ashley Scarlett, Martin Zeilinger
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Intention Reasoning for User Action Sequences via Fusion of Object Task and Object Action Affordances Based on Dempster–Shafer Theory [PDF]
SensorsTo reduce the burden on individuals with disabilities when operating a Wheelchair Mounted Robotic Arm (WMRA), many researchers have focused on inferring users’ subsequent task intentions based on their “gazing” or “selecting” of scene objects.
Yaxin Liu +4 more
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Understanding affordances: history and contemporary development of Gibson’s central concept [PDF]
Avant, 2012 Gibson developed the affordance concept to complement his theory of direct perception that stands in sharp contrast with the prevalent inferential theories of perception. A comparison of the two approaches shows that the distinction between them also has
Dobromir G. Dotov +2 more
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Enhancing employee creativity with enterprise social media: a psychological insights approach [PDF]
BMC PsychologyEnterprise social media (ESM) represents an emerging technological tool that may assist employees in navigating workplace uncertainties. The present study investigates the relationship between ESM affordances and individual creativity, framed within the ...
Wenxuan DU +2 more
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Rise of wearable fitness devices (WFD): Effects of health technician and health consultant affordances on health-promoting behavior in China [PDF]
Digital HealthObjective The study aims to investigate how wearable fitness devices (WFDs) influence health-promoting behavior in the Chinese context, particularly by examining two distinct affordances—health technician affordance and health consultant affordance ...
Guoping He, Wenlu He, Fei Qiao
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Affording Sustainability: Adopting a Theory of Affordances as a Guiding Heuristic for Environmental Policy [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Human behavior is an underlying cause for many of the ecological crises faced in the 21st century, and there is no escaping from the fact that widespread behavior change is necessary for socio-ecological systems to take a sustainable turn.
Roope O. Kaaronen
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Imagined Affordance: Reconstructing a Keyword for Communication Theory [PDF]
Social Media + Society, 2015 In this essay, we reconstruct a keyword for communication—affordance. Affordance, adopted from ecological psychology, is now widely used in technology studies, yet the term lacks a clear definition.
Peter Nagy, Gina Neff
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Journal of Medical Internet ResearchBackgroundMobile health portals (MHPs) are becoming increasingly important and prevalent among health care organizations for engaging and retaining patients. However, their success hinges on patient adoption and usage.
Haoran Zheng, Weidong Xia, Jingdong Ma
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An eco-psychological framework for research on the physical environment of childcare classrooms and children’s play behavior [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyEcological psychology is an approach focused on the perception and behavior of organisms and environments, offering psychological insights for research on children. This study primarily explored the concepts of affordance and behavior setting based on an
Chenhao Deng +3 more
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