Open AccessHuman behaviour should be recorded in (dis)comfort research
Author(s) -
Maxim Smulders,
P. Vink
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
work
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-9270
pISSN - 1051-9815
DOI - 10.3233/wor-208027
Subject(s) - task (project management) , context (archaeology) , psychology , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , engineering , geography , archaeology , systems engineering
(Dis)comfort research that has no information on behaviour of the participants can be considered as incomplete, as major influencing factors could be missed. For (dis)comfort research it is important to capture factors such as context, task/activity, posture, movement, (distracting) stimuli and time, as these factors have influence on the experienced (dis)comfort. Recording the behaviour allows for better evaluation of and comparison between studies, contributing to an increase of scientific knowledge on (dis)comfort.