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0000-0002-4563-0618
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Simon Fraser University
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Toronto Metropolitan University
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University of Sydney
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University of Waterloo
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Publications
From information to reflection-design strategies for personal informatics
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 12-2017
Understanding the First Person Experience of Walking Mindfulness Meditation Facilitated by EEG Modulated Interactive Soundscape
Publisher: ACM
Date: 14-02-2021
Mediscape: Preliminary Design Guidelines for Interactive Rhythmic Soundscapes for Entraining Novice Mindfulness Meditators
Publisher: ACM
Date: 02-12-2020
”Why are there so many steps?”: Improving Access to Blind and Low Vision Music Learning through Personal Adaptations and Future Design Ideas
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Date: 21-09-2023
DOI: 10.1145/3615663
Abstract: Music can be a catalyst for self-development, creative expression, and community building for blind or low vision (BLV) in iduals. However, BLV music learners face complex obstacles in learning music. They are highly reliant on their learning environment and music teachers for accommodations and flexibility. Prior research identified the challenges faced by BLV musicians. Yet, limited research has addressed these challenges through the development of technology. Drawing upon the experience and suggestions of 40 BLV professional musicians, amateur musicians and music teachers (including sighted teachers with experience teaching blind students), we identified five themes: (1) Key Challenges of BLV Music Learning, (2) Personal Adaptations to Overcome Music Learning Challenges, (3) Perspectives on Current and Future Assistive Technologies, (4) Contention Between Braille Music and Auditory Learning and (5) Role of Human Support for Music Learning. Together, these findings outline a path to make music learning more accessible to BLV people. To this end, we describe opportunities for enhanced audio cues for musical communication, recommend integrating vibrotactile feedback to aid music reading and design technology that supports independence and interdependence in music learning.
Co-designing a Technology Probe with Experienced Designers
Publisher: ACM
Date: 30-11-2021
Sounds of Infinity: Playful Illusions with Performative Interaction
Publisher: ACM
Date: 09-02-2020
EEG and Sonic Platforms to Enhance Mindfulness Meditation
Publisher: LAR Center Press
Date: 25-09-2016
DOI: 10.18533/JOURNAL.V5I9.1012
Abstract: This paper explores interactive applications that encourage mindfulness through sensors and novel input technology. Research in psychology and neuroscience demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness is initiating a new movement in interactive design. As cutting edge technologies become more accessible they are being employed to research and explore the practice of mindfulness. We examine three interactive installation artworks that promote mindfulness. In order to contextualize the interactive artworks discussed we first examine the historical background of the Electroencephalogram (EEG). We then discuss the physiological processes of meditation and the history behind the clinical practice of mindfulness. We show how artists and designers employ EEG sensors, to record the electrical activity of the brain to visualize mindfulness meditation practices. Lastly, we conclude the paper by discussing the future of the three artworks.
Reconnecting the Body and the Mind
Publisher: ACM
Date: 02-05-2019
Computationally augmenting traditional embroidery practices: an autobiographical design process with first-person patient experience for amblyopia follow up treatment activity
Publisher: ACM
Date: 13-06-2022
Adaptive Soft Switches: Co-Designing Fabric Adaptive Switches with Occupational Therapists for Children and Adolescents with Acquired Brain Injury
Publisher: ACM
Date: 26-02-2023
Developing Design Considerations for Mobile and Wearable Technology m-Health Applications that can Support Recovery in Mental Health Disorders
Publisher: ICST
Date: 2015
Breathing Scarf: Using a First-Person Research Method to Design a Wearable for Emotional Regulation
Publisher: ACM
Date: 13-02-2022
Wearable Identities: Understanding Wearables’ Potential for Supporting the Expression of Queer Identities
Publisher: ACM
Date: 19-04-2023
Body Maps: A Generative Tool for Soma-based Design
Publisher: ACM
Date: 13-02-2022
An Interactive Soundscape to Assist Group Walking Mindfulness Meditation
Publisher: ACM
Date: 15-07-2020
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