Designing a music-controlled running application: A sports science and psychological perspective

Christine Bauer, Anna Kratschmar

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Abstract

Music has long been acknowledged for its effects on participants in sports and exercise. For casual runners music may act as a motivator and distractor of physical strain. It may also serve as a training guide, when sensing technology is used as an enabler for adapting music to a runner's situation in real-time. While many effects of music are known from sports science and psychology, application designers lack a consolidated knowledge base that guides them in designing a running application. This work synthesizes findings from the involved disciplines and provides 7 requirements for an application that increases casual runners' motivation and controls training. Copyright is held by the author/owner(s).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1379-1384
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781450331463
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Apr 2015

Publication series

NameConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
Volume18

Keywords

  • Human-computer interaction
  • Motivation
  • Music
  • Running
  • Sports

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