Wearable technologies for assessing the effects of nature on physiological states

可穿戴技术为人类提供了前所未有的能力，可以随时调整其生理状态的变化。监测心率等信号的设备市场充斥着流行的技术，如Fitbit。在所有的商业设备中，只有少数能够测量皮肤电活动（EDA）--一种与情绪状态高度相关的微皮肤汗液测量方法，它可以提供对个人精神和情绪状态的深入了解。与Thought Technology（一家数十年来一直在开发测量和提供生理信号反馈（包括EDA）的传感器的公司）一起，该提案旨在测试和验证一种新型的可穿戴传感器，该传感器实时收集生理信号并以声音的形式提供用户反馈。可穿戴技术是作为NSERC Engage的一部分开发的;该提案通过收集参与自然放松计划的个人的数据来开发新颖的声音，并提供系统的强大测试环境。

Wearable technologies have provided humans with the unprecedented ability to tune in to moment-to-momentvariations in their physiological state. The market for devices to monitor signals such as heart rate are floodedwith popular technologies, such as Fitbits. Of all commercially available devices, only a handful offer theability to measure electrodermal activity (EDA) - a measure of microcutaneous sweat that is highly correlatedwith emotional state, and which can provide a strong level of insight into an individual's mental and emotionalstate. Together with Thought Technology -- a company that has been developing sensors to measure andprovide feedback of physiological signals (including EDA) for decades -- this proposal aims to test and validatea novel wearable sensor that collects physiological signals in real-time and provides the user feedback in theform of sound. The wearable technology was developed as part of an NSERC Engage; this proposal developsnovel sonifications and provides a robust testing environment of the system by collecting data from individualsparticipating in a nature relaxation program.