Encouraging spontaneous synchronisation with D-Jogger, an adaptive music player that aligns movement and music.

In this study we explore how music can entrain human walkers to synchronise to the musical beat without being instructed to do so. For this, we use an interactive music player, called D-Jogger, that senses the user's walking tempo and phase. D-Jogger aligns the music by manipulating the timing...

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Main Authors: Bart Moens, Chris Muller, Leon van Noorden, Marek Franěk, Bert Celie, Jan Boone, Jan Bourgois, Marc Leman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4260851?pdf=render