TY - GEN
T1 - As light as you aspire to be
T2 - 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2019
AU - Tajadura-Jiménez, Ana
AU - Newbold, Joseph
AU - Zhang, Linge
AU - Rick, Patricia
AU - Bianchi-Berthouze, Nadia
PY - 2019/5/2
Y1 - 2019/5/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Auditory body perception
KW - Emotion
KW - Evaluation method
KW - Interaction styles
KW - Multimodal interfaces
KW - Sonification
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067599304&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3290605.3300888
DO - 10.1145/3290605.3300888
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067599304
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 14
BT - CHI '19
A2 - Brewster, Stephen
A2 - Fitzpatrick, Geraldine
A2 - Cox, Anna L.
A2 - Kostakos, Vassilis
PB - ACM
CY - New York
Y2 - 4 May 2019 through 9 May 2019
ER -