Yaşa Bağlı Olarak Değişen Haptik Davranış Özelliklerinin Otomobil Araç-İçi Kontrolleri Üzerinden Tespit Edilmesi

Abstract

Haptic is explained as the cognitive activities of both sense of touch enabling humans to interact with outer world and proprioceptive sense allowing joint movement and positioning in space. Increasing complication in product usage due to technological advancements and their reflection in today’s daily life, sets forth the requirement of research on haptic interaction between products and users. One of the important reasons of this is the sensory losses associated with aging. It could be said that haptic interaction has vital importance in environments where the attention is needed to be allocated to different units of focus; in particular, for sectors like automotive. The aim of this research is to disclose the effects of sensory losses with aging on haptic interaction and ascertain its associated behavioral changes. Due to the fact that haptic interaction is a complex process, the theory of “distributed cognition” was used and haptic perception is distributed into sub[1]factors. Based on these sub-factors; observations, verbal protocols and interview studies are carried out with 10 younger (aged between 18-55) and 10 older (65 and older) participants. The results of this research suggest that younger and older participants present different haptic behaviours when compared with each other. Under 55 years of age, users focused more on the sub-factors of haptic interactions, while they showed a discovery and learning-oriented approach. Over 65-year-olds were less likely to focus on the sub-factors of the haptic, but the impact of their previous experience and habits was prominent.