Attention is a very important cognitive and behavioral process,
by means of which an individual is able to focus on a single aspect
of information, while ignoring others. In a time in which we drawn in notifications,
beeps, vibrations and blinking messages, the ability to focus
becomes increasingly important. This is true in many diferent domains,
from the workplace to the classroom. In this paper we present a nonintrusive
distributed system for monitoring attention in teams of people.
It is especially suited for teams working at the computer. The presented
system is able to provide real-time information about each individual as
well as information about the team. It can be very useful for team managers
to identify potentially distracting events or individuals, as well as
to detect the onset of mental fatigue or boredom, which significantly influence
attention. In the overall, this tool may prove very useful for team
managers to implement better human resources management strategies.This work has been supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043
and FCT Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope:
UID/CEC/00319/2013. The work of Davide Carneiro is supported by a PostDoctoral
Grant by FCT (SFRH/BPD/109070/2015).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
