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BioSoundScape: Sonificação de Biossinais
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In today’s world, marked by rapid technological advances and the rise of artificial intelligence, traditionally valued skills such as memorization, prediction, and pattern recognition are losing relevance. For humans to thrive in the age of artificial intelligence, it is crucial not to replicate its behavior, but to use it as an ally to human uniqueness. In this scenario, it becomes urgent to explore new forms of teaching that emphasize creativity, emotion, and active student participation. This work investigates the potential of music personalization from biosignals as an educational tool, seeking to answer the central question: How can the personalization of music based on biosignals be used to teach concepts of physiology and improve users’ perception of their own body? To address this question, the BioSoundScape project was developed, transforming participants’ heartbeats into interactive musical experiences. These experiences taught secondary school students not only about the human body in general but also about their own physiology, fostering self-knowledge and self-regulation. Three experiences were created: What Do I Sound Like, Our Song, and Hearts in Sync, and presented at the Expo FCT event. Validation combined observation, surveys, and comparison with a control version based on synthesized sound. Results showed that most participants considered the experiences “very appealing,” reporting they had learned concepts such as heart rate, variability, and the effects of breathing and exercise. Moreover, adolescents preferred musical experiences aesthetically closer to the genres they usually listen to rather than abstract sonifications, confirming the importance of the aesthetic dimension in pedagogical success. It was concluded that the personalization of music based on biosignals is an innovative and effective approach to learning about the human body and physiology, paving the way to reinvent education by integrating it with art, emotion, and technology, aligned with the challenges of the digital age.
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Tese de mestrado, Engenharia Biomédica e Biofísica, 2026, Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências
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Biosignals Sonification Education Music