Enhancing Cognitive Load in Smartphone Micro-Interactions Through Human-Centered Design

EasyChair Preprint 10786

Abstract

The ubiquity of smartphone usage in our daily lives necessitates the exploration of effective design strategies for enhancing user experience and reducing cognitive load. Micro-interactions, which are detailed, and functional interactions designed to accomplish specific tasks, play a crucial role in the overall usability of smartphones. However, micro-interactions can also become barriers when there is a delay between user interaction and system response. This paper aims to develop a smartphone micro-interaction design that facilitates human cognition without adding excessive cognitive load. To achieve a comprehensive impact, the focus of development will be on the fundamental features of smartphones. The design development process will be guided by human-centered design methodology, involving modifications to object structures and enhancements to sensory stimuli within the micro-interaction between users and smartphones. Through design development and cognitive load analysis based on cognitive theories, the study intends to provide cognitive assessment evidence demonstrating the influence of micro-interactions on human cognitive processes and quantify the changes in cognitive load resulting from increased utilization of micro-interactions. The outcome of this research is a comparison of the speed between smartphone usage with the current micro-interaction design and the improved micro-interaction design. Findings indicate that the utilization of enhanced micro-interaction designs facilitates faster learning interaction design.

Keyphrases: Micro-interaction, Smartphone, cognitive load, human-centered design

@booklet{EasyChair:10786,
  author    = {Kumaras G. Sitorus},
  title     = {Enhancing Cognitive Load in Smartphone Micro-Interactions Through Human-Centered Design},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10786},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}