@inproceedings{c23f7987d4d74ef98d5427b45c282ccb,
title = "Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback",
abstract = "Although regular meditation practice is linked to numerous mental health and cognitive benefits, it is often difficult for beginners to maintain focus during practice and persevere with the activity over time. To tackle this issue, we externalised the ability of self reporting loss of focus by developing a feedback loop that helps the user track and maintain their concentration levels in a non-invasive manner. We hypothesise that the change in breathing pattern can indicate a loss of concentration and the act of audibly amplifying a person's breathing sounds during meditation can help them regain and maintain focus on their breathing, leading to a more effective meditation session. We present experimental designs and findings towards this end. Copyright held by the owner/author(s).",
keywords = "Attention, Biosignals, Breathing feedback, Focus, Interactivity, Meditation, Mindfulness, Self-regulation process",
author = "Pisa, {Andrea M.} and George Chernyshov and Nassou, {Andriana F.} and Kai Kunze",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by JST Presto, Grant No: JP-MJPR16D4.; 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2017 ; Conference date: 11-09-2017 Through 15-09-2017",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1145/3123024.3129268",
language = "English",
series = "UbiComp/ISWC 2017 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery, Inc",
pages = "688--692",
booktitle = "UbiComp/ISWC 2017 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and Proceedings of the 2017 ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers",
}