A Review of the Research on Subliminal Techniques for Implicit Interaction in Symbiotic Systems

Subliminal perception is a long-standing topic in psychology, which has been strongly debated throughout the twentieth century. Recently, unconscious information processing has gained attention in human-computer interaction (HCI) research on the basis that subliminal stimulation can covertly trigger automatic responses without generating mental workload. The aim is to increase the interaction efficiency between humans and systems by embedding subliminal stimuli in user interfaces. Moreover, the currently thriving research on adaptive and symbiotic systems makes the interest for unconscious processes even greater.

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