A responsive and persuasive audio device to stimulate exercise and fitness in children

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1837-1842

  Hartnett, Jeffrey ^a   Lin, Pearl ^b   Ortiz, Lillian ^c   Tabas, Lindsay ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Music; Pedometer; Persuasive technology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AUDIO DEVICES; AUDIO PLAYERS; CHILDREN; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DIRECT CONTROL; END-PRODUCTS; EXISTING PROBLEMS; HCI DESIGN; MUSIC; PEDOMETER; PERSUASIVE TECHNOLOGY;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS; HEALTH; HUMAN ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84869099443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1125451.1125799     Document Type: Conference Paper

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