Current approaches to visual object class detection mainly focus on the recognition of basic level categories, such as cars, motorbikes, mugs and bottles. Although these approaches have demonstrated impressive performance in terms of recognition, their restriction to these categories seems inadequate in the context of embodied, cognitive agents. Here, distinguishing objects according to functio...

Collaborative Action provides a novel approach to modeling interaction among users and machines and IT-mediated collaboration among people to solve problems. CoAct extends the notions of affordance and moves away from idiosyncratic, subjective mental models of the world to the notion that actors with similar capacities to act can potentially discern similar action possibilities in the world. It...

We developed an affordance-based methodology to support environmentally conscious behavior (ECB) that conserves resources such as materials, energy, etc. While studying concepts that aim to support ECB, we noted that characteristics of products that enable ECB tend to be more accurately described as affordances than functions. Therefore, we became interested in affordances, and specifically how...

In the present study two separate stimulus-response compatibility effects (functional affordance and Simon-like effects) were investigated with centrally presented pictures of an object tool (a torch) characterized by a structural separation between the graspable portion and the goal-directed portion. In Experiment 1, participants were required to decide whether the torch was red or blue, while...

Running is one of the most popular forms physical activity. To date, no literature explores association between features built environment and running. A limited amount uses walkability as a proxy for runnability, thereby misjudging differing goals walking running: leisure, sport or commute. We create rough runnability index using an affordance-based framework conceptual methodological attempt ...

There is a substantial body of research on mHealth interventions in low-resource settings, but little empirical understanding of use by staff in established health facilities. What evidence there is indicates divergent outcomes. In order to generate insight into this phenomenon we undertake an exploratory study of mHealth use in several public clinics, where the staff are required to perform a ...