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X-WR-CALNAME:Personalising TaHaMi: Tangible Haptic Mindfulness Interface fo
 r Novice Meditators
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 tangible-haptic-mindfulness@britchi.uk
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SUMMARY:Personalising TaHaMi: Tangible Haptic Mindfulness Interface for Nov
 ice Meditators
DESCRIPTION:BritCHI 2026 · Paper Session 4: Digital Health\, Care and Well
 being\nAsgari Tappeh\, Sas\nWhile most HCI research on mindfulness meditat
 ion focused on audio and visual feedback to support attention regulation\,
  haptic interfaces have been less explored. We present the design\, and ex
 ploration with 19 novice meditators of a novel haptic interface integratin
 g vibration and soft haptic. The study also engages users in the personali
 sation of their haptic patterns. Findings highlighted key experiential qua
 lities of the two modalities and their potential to support or hinder mind
 fulness states. In particular\, the result supports novice meditators’ p
 henomenological experience of mindfulness\, facilitates grounding through 
 deep breathing and promotes subtle\, non-gamified interaction. We conclude
  with four design implications for haptics-based mindfulness technologies.
LOCATION:Brunel University London\, Kingston Lane\, Uxbridge UB8 3PH
URL:https://www.britchi.uk/programme/schedule/paper-session-4-digital-healt
 h-care-and-wellbeing/
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