Date of Award

2015

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Dave Berque

Second Advisor

Michael Roberts

Third Advisor

Pat Babington

Abstract

This study examined persuasive technology and its effect on participants’ motivation to engage in physical activity. A set of musical stairs was built using infrared proximity sensors, designed to make the experience of climbing the stairs more “fun”. The software was written in such a way that each step a participant took on the stairs provided a musical response. The experiment tested three conditions: the control condition (without sounds), a condition with piano note sounds, and a condition with guitar chord sounds. The results suggest that more participants interacted with the stairs during the conditions with sound compared to the condition without sound.

Comments

Honor Scholar thesis

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