The happiness cube paradigm; eliciting relaxation and happiness through sound, video, light and odor
Abstract
Abstract. Emotion elicitation and physiological responses are 2 fields that have been studied extensively the last 20 years. Based on the already existing research, a scientific experiment is described with the goal to elicit emotions of happiness to the participants by the use of video, sound and odorants. Contrary to most already existing research, the goal of this experiment is to elicit just one emotion -happiness-. Moreover, the expected multisensory experience is of great significance since most of the existing research on emotion elicitation is usually focusing only on one or two at most sensory modalities.
Keywords
emotion elicitation, happiness, relaxation, physiological response, biofeedback
Reference
Stylianos Giannoulis and Fons Verbeek, The happiness cube paradigm; eliciting relaxation and happiness through sound, video, light and odor, LABS: Leonardo Abstract Service, September 2010.
