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We are recruiting participants who sometimes or always do not listen to music while running to take part in a study on the impact of using touch gestures (swiping) to recall emotions, and to identify the benefits of using gesture annotation on smartphones to record emotional states while running. No specific expertise is required. Participants need to run outdoors four times in 10 days for 30 minutes per run without listening to music and on any route they choose starting from Mona Campbell building. Participants must also be comfortable running with their smartphone and 18 years of age or older.

The study will consist of two sessions. In the first session, you will meet with the researcher at the Graphics and Experiential Media (GEM) Lab, on the 4th floor of the Mona Campbell building, Dalhousie University. In this session, the researcher will explain the study, get consent and give Smartphone that will be used to collect data while you are running. The researcher will show you how to use the app. This should take about half an hour. Over a period of 10 days you will be asked to run four times for 30 minutes while using the touch-based gesture capture app, an audio recorder app or video recorder app to capture your emotional experience during your run or nothing (based on the method that is assigned to you). You will meet the researcher before and after each run so she can collect the data. You will then meet the researcher again for the second session, where you will be shown your data on a map-based visualization and you will be asked some questions about your emotions on the run. Compensation is $15 cash for each session (total $30 cash for two sessions paid after finishing the second session) in the study.   

If you are interested in participating, please contact Felwah Alqahtani (fl823899@dal.ca).