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    moBeat: Using Interactive Music to Guide and Motivate Users During Aerobic Exercising

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    van der Vlist B
    Bartneck C
    Mäueler S
    Date
    2011
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17659

    An increasing number of people are having trouble staying fit and maintaining a healthy bodyweight because of lack of physical activity. Getting people to exercise is crucial. However, many struggle with developing healthy exercising habits, due to hurdles like having to leave the house and the boring character of endurance exercising. In this paper, we report on a design project that explores the use of audio to motivate and provide feedback and guidance during exercising in a home environment. We developed moBeat, a system that provides intensity-based coaching while exercising, giving real-time feedback on training pace and intensity by means of interactive music. We conducted a within-subject comparison between our moBeat system and a commercially available heart rate watch. With moBeat, we achieved a comparable success rate: our system has a significant, positive influence on intrinsic motivation and attentional focus, but we did not see significant differences with regard to either perceived exertion or effectiveness. Although promising, future research is needed.

    Subjects
    Sonification
     
    Auditory feedback
     
    Endurance exercising
     
    Exercise coach
     
    Interactive music
     
    Field of Research::17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
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