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Teaching Interactive Technology it is a multidisciplinary programme that combines elements from, for example, psychology, computer science, education, social psychology, and linguistics to form a more complete understanding of HCI (See here for more information on Interactive Technology discipline at the University of Tampere). At the moment, there are three psychologically oriented courses available at our department. The group leader, Veikko Surakka, is also responsible for the post-graduate seminar in HCI.
The aim is to study the basics of human cognitive and emotional processes,
as well as the basic factors of human-human interaction. During the course, the students
will gain a preliminary understanding for utilizing these factors when developing efficient
and enjoyable human-computer interaction. The course consists of lectures and literature focusing
on the mechanisms of human perception, attention, memory, non-verbal behaviour, and emotion, as well as effects of
emotions on cognitive processing. The aim of this course is to give students a deep understanding about the
basis of human communication and about the meaning of emotions in inter-individual and intra-individual behavior.
The course opens visions of how human-technology interaction could be developed in the future.
The course consists of a series of lectures and discussions about nonverbal communication, neural and biological
basis of communication and emotions, interconnections between emotions and cognition and motivation, and
human-computer interaction. After completing this course, the students will have a deeper understanding on
human information-processing. The topics of the course include the processes in sensation and perception, attention,
memory, and the basic phenomena related to thinking and problem-solving. The emphasis will be on the applicability
of the covered topics to interactive technology. Post-graduate seminar in user interface research
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