Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback

Andrea M. Pisa; George Chernyshov; Andriana F. Nassou; Kai Steven Kunze

doi:10.1145/3123024.3129268

Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback

Andrea M. Pisa, George Chernyshov, Andriana F. Nassou, Kai Steven Kunze

Graduate School of Media Design

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

8 Citations (Scopus)

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).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	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
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450351904
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3129268
Publication status	Published - 2017 Sep 11
Event	2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2017 - Maui, United States Duration: 2017 Sep 11 → 2017 Sep 15

Other

Other	2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2017
Country	United States
City	Maui
Period	17/9/11 → 17/9/15

Keywords

Attention
Biosignals
Breathing feedback
Focus
Interactivity
Meditation
Mindfulness
Self-regulation process

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications

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Pisa, A. M., Chernyshov, G., Nassou, A. F., & Kunze, K. S. (2017). Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback. In 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 (pp. 688-692). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3129268

Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback. / Pisa, Andrea M.; Chernyshov, George; Nassou, Andriana F.; Kunze, Kai Steven.

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. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. p. 688-692.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Pisa, AM, Chernyshov, G, Nassou, AF & Kunze, KS 2017, Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback. in 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. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 688-692, 2017 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing and ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers, UbiComp/ISWC 2017, Maui, United States, 17/9/11. https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3129268

Pisa AM, Chernyshov G, Nassou AF, Kunze KS. Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback. In 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. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2017. p. 688-692 https://doi.org/10.1145/3123024.3129268

Pisa, Andrea M. ; Chernyshov, George ; Nassou, Andriana F. ; Kunze, Kai Steven. / Towards interactive mindfulness training using breathing based feedback. 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. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. pp. 688-692

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