United-pulse

Werner, Julia; Wettach, Reto; Hornecker, Eva

doi:10.1145/1409240.1409338

Cited by 82 publications

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“…Research has also shown that expressive biosignals can affect closeness with others. For instance, systems such as rings or smartwatches where you can feel or see a partner's heart rate can improve feelings of being connected with remote friends and family [49,51,56,63,69]. Janssen and colleagues demonstrate that biosignals can also increase feelings of closeness with strangers.…”

Section: Expressive Biosignals and Interpersonal Closenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Expressive Biosignals on Empathy and Closeness for a Stigmatized Group Member

Liu

Kaufman

Dabbish

2019

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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We explore the potential for expressive biosignals, or displays of sensed physiological data as social cues, to influence perceptions of a member of a stigmatized group. In a between-subjects experiment (N=62) participants read a fictional interview with a drug addict in prison, and rated their empathy and closeness with the interviewee. Participants were randomly assigned to read either 1) the transcript of the interview by itself, 2) the transcript with a text description of the interviewee's heart rate, or 3) the transcript with a graph of the interviewee's heart rate. Results demonstrate that providing information about heart rate can increase empathy in terms of emotional perspective-taking. Additionally, visualizing the heart rate as a graph, as opposed to text, can increase closeness. We discuss the implications of these results and present suggestions for future directions. CCS Concepts: • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI; Empirical studies in collaborative and social computing.

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Section: Expressive Biosignals and Interpersonal Closenessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Expressive Biosignals on Empathy and Closeness for a Stigmatized Group Member

Liu

Kaufman

Dabbish

2019

Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.

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“…They found through the study that participants used the shared heart rates to communicate with others and they then felt strong connectedness to others by understanding their condition through the heart rates. Werner proposed a United-pulse (Werner et al, 2008), which is a ring type device that could measure pulse waves and vibrate, to share heartbeats. Lotan developed an Impulse system (Lotan et al, 2007) that measured pulse waves and vibrated, and allowed users to wirelessly transmit their heartbeat rhythms to an audio speaker and a lamp.…”

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ExciTube - Video Player for Sharing Viewer’s Excitement

2014

Proceedings of the International Conference on Physiological Computing Systems

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We can share non-verbal emotional experiences, such as excitement and pleasure, by watching movies and sports events with others, like our friends and family. These shared experiences are thought to enhance excitement and pleasure compared to when watching videos alone. Our research provides this shared experience on the internet by sharing the viewer's excitement with others while watching videos that are on the web. We studied the relationship between users' excitement while watching videos on the web and their impressions of those videos. Here, we introduce a video player called ExciTube that allows users to share their excitement and view other users' excitement as visual information alongside the video they are watching. The user's excitement is expressed and shared by using avatars. We carried out user-involved demonstrations of ExciTube at our laboratory and at a Japanese domestic Computer Entertainment Developers Conference, and confirmed that people did enjoy using the system and felt other people's sense of excitement.

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“…Similarly to the Whisper Pillow, many concepts aim at supporting emotional expression through "tangibility". Examples are vests (e.g., [20]), dolls or teddy bears (e.g., [29]), belts (e.g., [8]), finger rings (e.g., [31], or wrist bands (e.g., [22]) to transfer the partner's pulse [31], gestures, such as a hug (e.g., [13,19,29]). Hugvie, for example, is a human shaped pillow, to be hugged while talking to the partner via cell phone (the cell phone is embedded in Hugvie's head).…”

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The whisper pillow

Chien

Diefenbach

Hassenzahl

2013

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Designing Pleasurable Products and Interfaces

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Emotional expression is crucial to feeling close to each other. However, current lifestyles and working situations often reduce the opportunities for "relatedness experiences". The present paper presents the Whisper Pillow, an interactive artifact for mediating emotional expression among couples with different daily routines (e.g., due to shift work). We provide a detailed reflection about how form of and interaction with the pillow create and shape the desired experience. In addition, we present an empirical exploration of the practices and experiences which emerge when using the pillow in daily life. The study showed that experiences can be successfully inscribed into the material. At the same time, it reminds us of the fact that users still need to embark on the experience and always find alternative practices and experiences through appropriation.

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United-pulse

Cited by 82 publications

References 8 publications

The Effect of Expressive Biosignals on Empathy and Closeness for a Stigmatized Group Member

The Effect of Expressive Biosignals on Empathy and Closeness for a Stigmatized Group Member

ExciTube - Video Player for Sharing Viewer’s Excitement

The whisper pillow

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