Get up, move on! Using Electro- myography to Explore the Relationship of Experience and Motion

Paper presented at CHI 2010 Workshop on Brain, Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction.

Understanding the role and consequences of movement for emotional experiences is crucial for designing compelling interactions. In this paper we present initial results of an exploratory study targeting some of the open issues in this area. Questionnaires, interviews and electromyography were used to compare experiences and emotions evoked in conditions where participants were in motion respectively while being seated.