Key result
Real-time biofeedback of heart rate variability allowed users to estimate and improve their levels of attention and relaxation, with interaction design playing a key role in user engagement.
Why the study?
Does real-time biofeedback of heart rate variability improve levels of attention and relaxation?
Does real-time biofeedback of heart rate variability improve levels of attention and relaxation?
Real-time HRV biofeedback may be a viable tool for improving attention and relaxation, highlighting the importance of user interface design in maintaining engagement.
May support attention and relaxation via HRV biofeedback; hypothesis-generating and requires validation before clinical use.
The main purpose of the study was to investigate if it was possible for a person to use the real-time biofeedback of their heart rate variability (HRV), recorded from a heart rate monitor watch, to help improve their level of attention and relaxation. Attention and relaxation are important factors affecting creativity, so improvements in "relaxed concentration" could help enhance creativity. New HRV analysis algorithms were developed and tested together with three different user interfaces to explore how the interaction design affects user performance. Initial results suggest that it is possible to estimate levels of attention and relaxation, at least at a crude level, and that people are able to use this information to help improve their level of attention and relaxation. In addition, the results suggest that the interaction design of the application has a very important role to play in supporting user engagement and to maintain motivation levels.
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Loudon et al. (2017) studied Attention and relaxation. Real-time biofeedback of heart rate variability (HRV) vs. Different user interfaces was evaluated on Levels of attention and relaxation. Real-time biofeedback of heart rate variability allowed users to estimate and improve their levels of attention and relaxation, with interaction design playing a key role in user engagement.
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