The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of product usability on psychological and physiological indices of users, and to propose an effective evaluation method for measuring users' emotion while interacting with a product. Frequency-rhythm of brain waves of product users were measured as a physiological index by using the HSK central rhythm monitoring system (provided by HUMAN SENSING Co., Ltd.). In study 1, we proved that the degree of comfort in the use of a good usability product is higher than a bad usability product, by measuring users' brain waves. In study 2, the result of measuring brain waves with 4 products showed that the degree of comfort measured with brain waves has linear relations with the existing indices "the degree of achievement" and "subjective evaluation of mood". By this method we could evaluate the delicate shades of users' mood quantitatively, that we couldn't confirm by existing indices ("degree of achievement" and "subjective evaluation and others"). In the next phase, we'll accumulate case studies and try to measure users' emotion (KANSEI), for example, pleasantness, satisfaction, comfort and so on, while interacting with a product.
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