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  • 2008 - ACM Senior Member

Overview

Karon E. MacLean is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research spans multiple interconnected fields, focusing primarily on psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. The specific subfields of their work include cognitive neuroscience, human-computer interaction, experimental and cognitive psychology, social psychology, and mechanical engineering.

The main topics in Karon E. MacLean's research involve tactile and sensory interactions, virtual reality applications and impacts, EEG and brain-computer interfaces, teleoperation and haptic systems, multisensory perception and integration, pediatric pain management techniques, and social robot interaction and human-robot interaction (HRI).

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of studies and findings. These include:

  • How Do Novice Hapticians Design? A Case Study in Creating Haptic Learning Environments, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • Designing affective haptic experience for wellness and social communication: where designers need affective neuroscience and psychology, 2022, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • When is a Haptic Message Like an Inside Joke? Digitally Mediated Emotive Communication Builds on Shared History, 2023, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
  • Cerebral hemodynamic response to a therapeutic bed for procedural pain management in preterm infants in the NICU: a randomized controlled trial, 2021, PAIN Reports
  • Discerning Affect From Touch and Gaze During Interaction With a Robot Pet, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing

Frequent co-authors of Karon E. MacLean include Paul Bucci, Xi Laura Cang, Preeti Vyas, Katelynn E. Boerner, and Unma Desai.

Regarding publication venues, the scientist has frequently published in:

  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics
  • IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Canada Human-Computer Communications Society
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences

Karon E. MacLean has been recognized as an ACM Senior Member since 2008.

Best Publications

  • The Role of Affective Touch in Human-Robot Interaction: Human Intent and Expectations in Touching the Haptic Creature

    Steve Yohanan;Karon E. MacLean

  • A role for haptics in mobile interaction: initial design using a handheld tactile display prototype

    Joseph Luk;Jerome Pasquero;Shannon Little;Karon MacLean

  • Perceptual Design of Haptic Icons

    Karon MacLean;Mario Enriquez

  • Do it yourself haptics: part I

    V. Hayward;K.E. Maclean

  • Meet me where i'm gazing: how shared attention gaze affects human-robot handover timing

    AJung Moon;Daniel M. Troniak;Brian Gleeson;Matthew K.X.J. Pan

  • Communicating emotion through a haptic link: Design space and methodology

    Jocelyn Smith;Karon MacLean

  • Designing with haptic feedback

    K.E. MacLean

  • Designing Large Sets of Haptic Icons with Rhythm

    David Ternes;Karon E. Maclean

  • Methods for estimating isometric recruitment curves of electrically stimulated muscle

    W.K. Durfee;K.E. MacLean

  • Haptic Interaction Design for Everyday Interfaces

    Karon E. MacLean

  • Enhancing physicality in touch interaction with programmable friction

    Vincent Levesque;Louise Oram;Karon MacLean;Andy Cockburn

  • Predictive haptic guidance: intelligent user assistance for the control of dynamic tasks

    B.A.C. Forsyth;K.E. Maclean

  • Haptic techniques for media control

    Scott S. Snibbe;Karon E. MacLean;Rob Shaw;Jayne Roderick

  • Haptic experience design

    Oliver Schneider;Karon MacLean;Colin Swindells;Kellogg Booth

  • Detecting vibrations across the body in mobile contexts

    Idin Karuei;Karon E. MacLean;Zoltan Foley-Fisher;Russell MacKenzie

  • Haptic phonemes: basic building blocks of haptic communication

    Mario Enriquez;Karon MacLean;Christian Chita

  • Gestures for industry: intuitive human-robot communication from human observation

    Brian Gleeson;Karon MacLean;Amir Haddadi;Elizabeth Croft

  • The hapticon editor: a tool in support of haptic communication research

    M.J. Enriquez;K.E. MacLean

  • Designing haptic icons to support collaborative turn-taking

    Andrew Chan;Karon MacLean;Joanna McGrenere

  • The perception of cross-modal simultaneity (or ``the Greenwich Observatory Problem'' revisited)

    Daniel J. Levitin;Karon MacLean;Max Mathews;Lonny Chu

  • Learning and identifying haptic icons under workload

    A. Chan;K. MacLean;J. McGrenere

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth A. Croft
Elizabeth A. Croft Monash University
Vincent Levesque
Vincent Levesque École de Technologie Supérieure
Brian Gleeson
Brian Gleeson University of Pittsburgh
J. Edward Colgate
J. Edward Colgate Northwestern University
Vincent Hayward
Vincent Hayward Sorbonne University
Sidney Fels
Sidney Fels University of British Columbia
Kellogg S. Booth
Kellogg S. Booth University of British Columbia
Joanna McGrenere
Joanna McGrenere University of British Columbia
Allison M. Okamura
Allison M. Okamura Stanford University
Jerome Pasquero
Jerome Pasquero Blackberry (United States)

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