Paper Info
Title
Towards Understanding the Design of Positive Pre-sleep Through a Neurofeedback Artistic Experience.
Abstract
Poor sleep has been acknowledged as an increasingly prevalent global health concern, however, how to design for promoting sleep is relatively underexplored. We propose neurofeedback technology may potentially facilitate restfulness and sleep onset, and we explore this through the creation and study of "Inter-Dream", a novel multisensory interactive artistic experience driven by neurofeedback. Twelve participants individually rested, augmented by Inter-Dream. Results demonstrated: statistically significant decreases in pre-sleep cognitive arousal (p = .01), negative emotion (p = .008), and negative affect (p = .004). EEG readings were also indicative of restorative restfulness and cognitive stillness, while interview responses described experiences of mindfulness and playful self-exploration. Taken together, our work highlights neurofeedback as a potential pathway for future research in the promotion of sleep, while also suggesting strategies for designing towards this within the context of pre-sleep.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1145/3290605.3300804
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
brain-computer interface, interactive art, multisensory experience, neurofeedback, pre-sleep
Mindfulness,Arousal,Sleep onset,Computer science,Brain–computer interface,Cognitive psychology,Human–computer interaction,Cognition,Affect (psychology),Electroencephalography,Neurofeedback
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4503-5970-2
1
0.35
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nathan Arthur Semertzidis111.36
Betty Sargeant242.85
Justin Dwyer311.36
Florian Mueller41730157.37
Fabio Zambetta513422.06