understanding the urban experience through mobile psychophysiological tools
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Understanding the urban experience through mobile psychophysiological toolsPanos Mavros@MavrosP urbancortex.org
PhD Candidate Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, The Bartlett
Supervisors: Prof. Andrew Hudson Smith, Dr Martin Zaltz Austwick
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Method of travel to workOn foot
Map shows % of All usual residents aged 16 to 74.Census data (c) Crown Copyright Office of National Statistics.Contains Ordnance Survey data (c) Crown copyright & database right 2014-5.
DataShine is produced by the BODMAS project at UCL.Visit http://www.datashine.org.uk/ for an interactive version.
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Census 2011: Travel to work on foot
London’s last mile.
Map Credits: datashine.org.uk
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Method of travel to workUnderground, metro, light rail, tram
Map shows % of All usual residents aged 16 to 74.Census data (c) Crown Copyright Office of National Statistics.Contains Ordnance Survey data (c) Crown copyright & database right 2014-5.
DataShine is produced by the BODMAS project at UCL.Visit http://www.datashine.org.uk/ for an interactive version.
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London’s last mile.
Census 2011: Travel to work by public transport (rail, tube, etc)Map Credits: datashine.org.uk
TRAFFIC NOISE PM2.5
A lot of data about traffic and cars…
Credtis: Google, DEFRA
But what about pedestrians?
Christian Nold, Emotional Cartography (2007)
Images of headsetUnderstanding pedestrian mobility.
Images of headsetUnderstanding pedestrian mobility.
Questionnaires,only go that far.
Continuous recording of mental states
EEG:
mobile EEG
Modified Emotiv, Stopczynski et al., 2014
EEG Headcap + 16 electrodes
Signal Amplifier + Wireless (Bluetooth)
What is EEG?EEG can be analysed in frequency bands alpha, beta, gamma, delta, theta and other bands.
Brain areas are differentially engaged / recruited during different processes and can be more or less active in the various frequency bands
What is EEG?
Koelstra et al., (2012).Deap: A database for emotion analysis; using physiological signals, Affective Computing
Arousal
Valence
Liking
From signals, …to topographic maps,
Classifying brain states
Harnessing the possibilities of commercial EEG
Emotion Detection with Emotiv: • Excitement • Frustration • Engagement • Meditation 0
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How can we operationalise new technologies to inform design & planning?
Toolkits Protocols InterfacesTools Devices Equipment
What kinds of questions? Experiment Designs
Communication Outputs Insights
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Restorative Environments* Aspinall, Mavros, Coyne, Roe (2013) The urban brain: analysing outdoor physical activity with mobile EEGPaper http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2013/03/05/bjsports-2012-091877.abstractVideo https://vimeo.com/89866818
see also: project Mood, Mobility and Place (EPSRC) which “… explores how places can be designed collaboratively to make pedestrian mobility easy, enjoyable and meaningful for older people.”https://sites.eca.ed.ac.uk/mmp/
Oxford Circus
UCL
Tottenham Court Road
Urban Environments
Demo of experimenthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-29458586
Cities UnlockedA collaboration between Future Cities Catapult, Guide Dogs, Microsoft, UCL CASA, and more.
www.citiesunlocked.org.uk
Could mobile EEG be validated for this user group to help us map the experience of visually impaired people in the city?
We asked 12 people to walk 2km /30 minutes in downtown Reading.
Reading
Aerial View: Bing Maps
Variety of urban environments- Busy & quieter streets - Pedestrianised high-street - Pedestrian open-space - Urban green
Variety of urban intersections- 7 Controlled - 3 Non-controlled
Emotional states:
Excitement/ArousalVariety of urban environments- Busy & quieter streets - Pedestrianised high-street - Pedestrian open-space - Urban green
Variety of urban intersections- 7 Controlled - 3 Non-controlled
vEmotional states:
Frustration
Emotional responses to:
Urban sound & noiseKaisa Puustinen-Hopper (2015) Sound and the City: Ambient sound and emotions in the urban environment, MSc Dissertation, The Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
What next?
Understanding navigation
Understanding navigation
3D Aerial View: Apple Maps
Great Portland Street Station
200m
— We are here, @WellcomeUnderstanding navigation
With mobile EEG and novel sensing tools, we can start to map the human experience of cities.
