主催: Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
会議名: The 10th International Symposium on Affective Science and Engineering
回次: 10
開催地: Online Academic Symposium, Kyushu University
開催日: 2024/03/09
When people listen to music, vibratory stimuli that are synchronized with sounds enhance the affective effects of music. We investigated the effects of vibratory stimuli on relaxation. Vibratory stimuli were delivered to the cymba concha, an auricular part, concentrating on the vagus nerves. Five vibration patterns were prepared based on music that evoked relaxation. A user study involving nine participants found that they felt more relaxed under the condition in which a vibration stimulus was generated from sounds lowered by one octave than under the condition with no vibratory stimuli applied. This effect was more prominent for one of the two musical sounds tested.