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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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