Users’ reactions captured by means of an EEG headset on viewing the presentation of sustainable designs using verbal narrative

Marta Royo received her BSc in Industrial Design Engineering at the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón in 1997, and a master’s degree in Secondary Education, vocational training and language teaching (2013) and a master’s degree in Design and Manufacturing (2014) at the same university. For over 11 years, she has combined her work as a professional industrial designer in several furniture companies with her teaching career. She has also been teaching at the Universitat Jaume I since 2004. Moreover, she is a teacher in formative workshops about creativity, design and web design. Her doctoral thesis focused on design methods and user emotions and she has also researched into creativity in design education. In June 2016, she received her PhD degree in Industrial Technologies and Materials. She has already published several communications in conferences such as the ICED or the international Congress on Project Management and Engineering. ORCID: 0000-0003-2966-9093.

Vicente Chulvi received his BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València in 2001. He developed his professional career in the automotive sector until 2004, in combination with his studies in the Master’s Degree in Occupational Risk Prevention (2003) at the Universitat Jaume I. Later, he received a degree in industrial engineering (2007) and a PhD in an inter-university PhD programme about technological innovation projects in product and process engineering (2010). From 2005 to 2008 he obtained several research grants at the Universitat Jaume I, including an FPI grant. In 2008, he obtained a position as an assistant lecturer at this University. He has already published 12 papers in indexed research journals and more than 30 communications at scientific conferences. ORCID: 0000-0002-0708-3852.

Elena Mulet received her Industrial Engineering Degree in 2000 at the Universitat Jaume I and a PhD degree in Engineering Projects and Innovation in 2003 at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. She teaches in several bachelor’s and master’s degrees, mainly in the Bachelor in Engineering in Industrial Design and Product Development. Her research focuses on design methods and creativity during the design process, an area in which she has published in journals such as Research in Engineering Design and Journal of Engineering Design, among others. She has also researched in sustainable design. She has submitted several communications at international conferences and she is or has been part of the scientific committee of conferences such as ICED, DESIGN, ICoRD, ICDC or Design Computing and Cognition. She has co-supervised two doctoral theses and is a member of the scientific committee of the International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation. ORCID: 0000-0003-4903-1273.

Julia Galán received her BA in Art Studies in 1987 and her PhD degree in Arts in 1991 at the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain. She is the head of the Bachelor in Engineering in Industrial Design and Product Development, a degree course in which she teaches. She has been the head of the DACTIC research group since its foundation. Her research activity is focused on artwork applying new technologies to art. She has published numerous books about the most influential concepts that act as creative mechanisms in art and design nowadays, studying the mutual influences between these and the most innovative trends. She has also published several papers in scientific journals and a large number of communications at international conferences. ORCID: 0000-0002-6075-0802.