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The present study introduces the application of infrared digital thermography as a tool to evaluate the level of emotional stress during the use of a computer system. For this, a subjective evaluation scale was used to evaluate what the user reported and the infrared thermography to measure what the user felt when he was handling a product control device. It has been observed that infrared thermography is an efficient method and that it has ample potential for the area of ergonomics and usability and can be used in evaluations during the use of artifacts, whether physical, digital or virtual. Therefore, this study proves that it is possible to use thermography in evaluations of usability and the user’s emotional experience.
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Soares, M.M., Vitorino, D.F., Marçal, M.A. (2019). Application of Digital Infrared Thermography for Emotional Evaluation: A Study of the Gestural Interface Applied to 3D Modeling Software. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 777. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94706-8_23
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