Abstract
Our body clock causes considerable variations in our behavioral, mental, and physical processes, including alertness, throughout the day. While much research has studied technology usage patterns, the potential impact of underlying biological processes on these patterns is under-explored. Using data from 20 participants over 40 days, this paper presents the first study to connect patterns of mobile application usage with these contributing biological factors. Among other results, we find that usage patterns vary for individuals with different body clock types, that usage correlates with rhythms of alertness, that app use features such as duration and switching can distinguish periods of low and high alertness, and that app use reflects sleep interruptions as well as sleep duration. We conclude by discussing how our findings inform the design of biologically-friendly technology that can better support personal rhythms of performance.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
Pages | 465-477 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450344081 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 6 2016 |
Event | 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016 - Florence, Italy Duration: Sep 6 2016 → Sep 9 2016 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016 |
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Other
Other | 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, MobileHCI 2016 |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Florence |
Period | 9/6/16 → 9/9/16 |
Funding
This work was partially supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Health Data Exploration Project, by the Intel Science & Technology Center for Pervasive Computing (ISTC-PC), and by the National Science Foundation under grant SCH-1344613. Elizabeth Murnane was supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under grant DGE-1144153.
Keywords
- Alertness
- Circadian rhythms
- Mobile app use
- Sleep
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Information Systems
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Software