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Overview

Adrian Schwaninger is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland in Switzerland. Their research work is primarily situated in the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a notable emphasis on Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging as well as Social Psychology. The subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Education, and Radiological and Ultrasound Technology also feature in their scholarly contributions.

Their research explores various topics including Radiation Dose and Imaging, Human-Automation Interaction and Safety, Occupational Health and Safety Research, Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Online and Blended Learning, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, and Radiology practices and education.

Schwaninger's recent publications cover a range of subjects focusing on digital learning technologies, human-machine system performance, and stress impacts on cognitive tasks. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Technology acceptance of four digital learning technologies (classroom response system, classroom chat, e-lectures, and mobile virtual reality) after three months' usage, 2021, International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education
  • Automation reliability, human-machine system performance, and operator compliance: A study with airport security screeners supported by automated explosives detection systems for cabin baggage screening, 2020, Applied Ergonomics
  • Evaluation of four digital tools and their perceived impact on active learning, repetition and feedback in a large university class, 2021, Computers & Education
  • Acute Stress Improves Concentration Performance, 2020, Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie)
  • Why stop after 20 minutes? Breaks and target prevalence in a 60-minute X-ray baggage screening task, 2020, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Frequent collaborators in Schwaninger's research include Yanik Sterchi, Daniela Buser, Juergen Sauer, David A. Sprenger, and David Huegli.

Their work has been published repeatedly in several academic venues, predominantly including Applied Ergonomics, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, and Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice.

Best Publications

  • An own-race advantage for components as well as configurations in face recognition

    William G. Hayward;Gillian Rhodes;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Computational Modeling of Face Recognition Based on Psychophysical Experiments

    Adrian Schwaninger;Christian Wallraven;Heinrich H. Bülthoff

  • Technology acceptance of four digital learning technologies (classroom response system, classroom chat, e-lectures, and mobile virtual reality) after three months’ usage

    David A. Sprenger;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Role of Featural and Configural Information in Familiar and Unfamiliar Face Recognition

    Adrian Schwaninger;Janek S. Lobmaier;Stephan M. Collishaw

  • Emotional Exhaustion and Job Satisfaction in Airport Security Officers - Work-Family Conflict as Mediator in the Job Demands-Resources Model.

    Sophie Baeriswyl;Andreas Krause;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Towards improving trust in context-aware systems by displaying system confidence

    Stavros Antifakos;Nicky Kern;Bernt Schiele;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Computer-Based Training Increases Efficiency in X-Ray Image Interpretation by Aviation Security Screeners

    S. Michel;S.M. Koller;J.C. de Ruiter;R. Moerland

  • A model for human interruptability: experimental evaluation and automatic estimation from wearable sensors

    N. Kern;S. Antifakos;B. Schiele;A. Schwaninger

  • Expert face processing: specialisation and constraints

    Adrian Schwaninger;Claus-Christian Carbon;Helmut Leder

  • Using threat image projection data for assessing individual screener performance

    Franziska Hofer;Adrian Schwaninger

  • How Image Based Factors and Human Factors Contribute to Threat Detection Performance in X-Ray Aviation Security Screening

    Anton Bolfing;Tobias Halbherr;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Investigating training, transfer and viewpoint effects resulting from recurrent CBT of X-Ray image interpretation

    Saskia M. Koller;Diana Hardmeier;Stefan Michel;Stefan Michel;Adrian Schwaninger;Adrian Schwaninger

  • Increasing Efficiency in Airport Security Screening

    Adrian Schwaninger

  • Change of search time and non-search time in X-ray baggage screening due to training.

    Saskia M. Koller;Colin G. Drury;Adrian Schwaninger

  • The X-ray object recognition test (X-ray ORT) - a reliable and valid instrument for measuring visual abilities needed in X-ray screening

    D. Hardmeier;F. Hofer;A. Schwaninger

  • Evaluation of CBT for increasing threat detection performance in X-ray screening

    Adrian Schwaninger;Franziska Hofer

  • Measuring visual abilities and visual knowledge of aviation security screeners

    A. Schwaninger;D. Hardmeier;F. Hofer

  • Evaluating the effects of displaying uncertainty in context-aware applications

    Stavros Antifakos;Adrian Schwaninger;Adrian Schwaninger;Bernt Schiele;Bernt Schiele

  • Processing of facial identity and expression: a psychophysical, physiological, and computational perspective.

    Adrian Schwaninger;Christian Wallraven;Douglas W. Cunningham;Sarah D. Chiller-Glaus

  • Airport Security Screener Competency: A Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis

    Tobias Halbherr;Adrian Schwaninger;Glen R. Budgell;Alan Wales

  • Computer based training: a powerful tool to the enhancement of human factors.

    Adrian Schwaninger

Frequent Co-Authors

Heinrich H. Bülthoff
Heinrich H. Bülthoff Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
Christian Wallraven
Christian Wallraven Korea University
Bernt Schiele
Bernt Schiele Max Planck Institute for Informatics
Colin G. Drury
Colin G. Drury University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Stephan Collishaw
Stephan Collishaw Cardiff University
Martin H. Fischer
Martin H. Fischer University of Potsdam
Ulrike Ehlert
Ulrike Ehlert University of Zurich
Mike Martin
Mike Martin University of Zurich
Gillian Rhodes
Gillian Rhodes University of Western Australia
Claus-Christian Carbon
Claus-Christian Carbon University of Bamberg

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