Authors
Madoka Takahara, Jilin Huang, Ivan Tanev, Katsunori Shimohara
Corresponding Author
Madoka Takahara
Available Online 1 June 2016.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2016.3.1.12How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Indirect biofeedback, Autonomic nervous system, Breathing, Placebo effect, Indirect representation.
Abstract
This paper describes a possible new scheme for a user with mental health problems to identify his/her own mental state and control it. For that purpose, we propose an indirect biofeedback system which represents physiological information with color and shape, and enables the user to grasp his/her inner state and to proactively change and control it through methods of breathing. Those methods facilitate the user to self-control the autonomic nervous system. Here, we discuss indirect representation and placebo effect.

Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).