As Light as You Aspire to Be: Changing body perception with sound to support physical activity
| Autor: | Joseph W. Newbold, Linge Zhang, Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze, Ana Tajadura-Jiménez, Patricia Rick |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject G400 05 social sciences 020207 software engineering Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Femininity Malleability Duration (philosophy) Sonification Masculinity 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences sense organs Psychology business human activities 050107 human factors Wearable technology Design technology media_common Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | CHI |
| Popis: | Supporting exercise adherence through technology remains an important HCI challenge. Recent works showed that altering walking sounds leads people perceiving themselves as thinner/lighter, happier and walking more dynamically. While this novel approach shows potential for physical activity, it raises critical questions impacting technology design. We ran two studies in the context of exertion (gym-step, stairs-climbing) to investigate how individual factors impact the effect of sound and the duration of the after-effects. The results confirm that the effects of sound in body-perception occur even in physically demanding situations and through ubiquitous wearable devices. We also show that the effect of sound interacted with participants' body weight and masculinity/femininity aspirations, but not with gender. Additionally, changes in body-perceptions did not hold once the feedback stopped; however, body-feelings or behavioural changes appeared to persist for longer. We discuss the results in terms of malleability of body-perception and highlight opportunities for supporting exercise adherence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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