Journal article
The neurophysiological activations of mechanical engineers and industrial designers while designing and problem-solving
Design Science, v 6, 26
01 Jan 2020
Abstract
This paper presents results from an experiment using electroencephalography to measure neurophysiological activations of mechanical engineers and industrial designers when designing and problem-solving. In this study, we adopted and then extended the tasks described in a previous functional magnetic resonance imaging study reported in the literature. The block experiment consists of a sequence of three tasks: problem-solving, basic design and open design using a physical interface. The block is preceded by a familiarizing pre-task and then extended to a fourth open design task using free-hand sketching. This paper presents the neurophysiological results from 36 experimental sessions of mechanical engineers and industrial designers. Results indicate significant differences in activations between the problem-solving and the open design tasks. The paper focuses on the two prototypical tasks of problem-solving layout and open design sketching and presents results for both aggregate and temporal activations across participants within each domain and across domains.
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- Title
- The neurophysiological activations of mechanical engineers and industrial designers while designing and problem-solving
- Creators
- Sonia Vieira - Politecnico di MilanoJohn S. Gero - University of North Carolina at CharlotteJessica Delmoral - Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Industrial MangementValentin Gattol - Austrian Institute of TechnologyCarlos Fernandes - St Johns Hosp, Porto, PortugalMarco Parente - Universidade do PortoAntonio A. Fernandes - Universidade do Porto
- Publication Details
- Design Science, v 6, 26
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 35
- Grant note
- CMMI-1762415; EEC-1929896 / U.S. National Science Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF) SFRH/BPD/104281/2014 / Fundao para a Cincia e a Tecnologia SFRH/BPD/104281/2014 / Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology; Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000583034700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85095779821
- Other Identifier
- 991022157484704721