The Dia beat es Project: Perceptual, Affective and Psychophysiological Effects of Music and Music-Video in a Clinical Exercise Setting

Abstract

Results lend support to the notion that auditory and visual stimuli can enhance affective responses to exercise in a clinical setting. This may have meaningful implications for adherence, given the link between affective judgements and future behaviour in an exercise context.

Effects of music, video, and 360‐degree video on cycle ergometer exercise at the ventilatory threshold

“…It is noteworthy that affective rebounds across conditions were of a similar magnitude ( M diff range = 1.45‐1.78), and this was reflected in the nonsignificant condition × time interaction observed for affective valence (Figure B). Despite the nonacceptance of H 2 , the present findings do provide support for the notion that a robust rebound toward pleasure is expected following the cessation of exercise that has induced an affective decline . It is also worth highlighting that cooldown compared to the end of the bout was associated with a large effect size for affective valence ( d = 0.94).…”

“…Therefore, an examination of this technology in a controlled environment appears timely. The findings of the present study stand on the shoulders of an evolving corpus of literature that has employed traditional displays (eg, television screens, projectors) as a means of investigating audiovisual stimuli in an exercise context …”

“…An alternative explanation for the lack of differences across all conditions pertains to the participants recruited for the present study, the vast majority of whom were young, healthy, exercise science majors, or recent graduates (cf …”

“…Contrastingly, tasks that involve low perceptual load do not fully consume perceptual capacity, resulting in the processing of all available stimuli (ie, attended and unattended). In an exercise context, such unattended stimuli could refer to the physiological sensations that typically accompany exercise at the VT (eg, muscle acidosis) …”

“…This represents an ecologically valid form of scientific inquiry, as audiovisual stimuli have become almost ubiquitous within modern‐day exercise facilities. A range of stimuli have been employed by researchers including music‐videos, movie footage, sporting highlights, and even circus performances . A novel approach was adopted by Jones, Karageorghis, and Ekkekakis, who used rural parkland‐based video footage filmed from a cyclist's point of view.…”