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  • Cognitive psychology
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  • Users expect cursor movement to align with intuitive spatial frames of reference.
  • The relationship between screen orientation, body posture, and perceived cursor motion is not fully understood.

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  • To investigate how screen tilt affects cursor control performance.
  • To determine whether users perceive cursor movement relative to the screen, their body, or gravity.

Main Methods:

  • Participants performed a cursor-guiding task using a computer mouse.
  • Screen orientation was manipulated (tilted vs. upright).
  • Participant performance (time to reach targets) was measured.

Main Results:

  • Upright participants took longer to reach targets with a tilted screen.
  • Performance of tilted participants matched upright participants with a slightly tilted screen.
  • Both screen orientation relative to the body and gravity influence cursor control.

Conclusions:

  • Cursor movement perception is influenced by multiple spatial reference frames.
  • Ocular counter-roll may play a role in how users interpret cursor motion on the retina.
  • Understanding these frames of reference is crucial for designing intuitive interfaces.