Projects
Here thoughts become words
Drawing to Aid Recovery and Survival
The project considered the role of drawn visual communication materials and their effectiveness as a means of obtaining informed consent from patients. The researchers used practice-based action research as a means of working with clinicians at the Liver Transplant Unit, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, UK, in the preparation of materials (in this case picture storybooks) to assist the physiological recovery of young children from invasive surgery.
Health Care App for Stroke Rehabilitation
Visual Communication Design, The University of Newcastle, Australia; HMRI; Hunter New England Health and NIB
Someone who has had a stroke, has definitely suffered from devastating illness. The purpose of this app is to enable the stroke victim to improve their rehabilitation outcome using exercise methods with a hope to help improve their life. The focus is on users who are going home from hospital after this serious incident in their life, the purpose is not to feel alone when they return home when continuing ongoing rehabilitation exercises.
Stock Market Traders Behavioural Project
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and The University of Newcastle, Australia
This project investigates the interplay of cognitive and affective processes in human decision making in electronic markets. Physiological measurements of heart rate, skin conductance, and brain activity are used to assess how market participants respond to environmental stimuli in dynamic market interaction, such as time pressure and avatars.