What?
The European Championship of Standstill is a competition in which the participants stand still for 7 minutes, with and without music.
Why?
The competition is part of research on music-related body motion at the University of 探花精选. The aim is to understand more about how music influences human body motion. Looking at how people stand still, both with and without music, helps the researchers to learn more about this particular human activity.
When?
This year's championship will be organized as part of the in 探花精选, Norway, from 5-6 May 2022. Unfortunately, only conference participants can join the championship.
How?
We use a high-speed motion capture system that can track body motion with millimetre precision. You will get a small marker on the head, and with this, we can measure your micromotion while you stand still. We use the data from the marker to calculate the average speed of your movement (in millimetres per second). The one with the lowest score wins! To learn more about motion capture, have a look at this video from the online course :
What do we measure?
If you would like to, you can get plots of your micromotion (similar to the ones to the right). The graphs show information about the position in the three dimensions, as well as speed and acceleration.
Use your participant code to find your plot here.
What does the participation entail?
Participation is voluntary, and you can withdraw at any point in time, without an explanation. Anonymised data will be made openly available in the 探花精选 Standstill Database.
What are the research results?
Results from previous championships have been presented in several scientific articles:
- Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2019). . Journal of Motor Behavior.
- Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo; Zelechowska, Agata & Jensenius, Alexander Refsum (2018). . Frontiers in Psychology.
- Jensenius, Alexander Refsum; Zelechowska, Agata & Gonzalez Sanchez, Victor Evaristo (2017). , In Tapio Lokki; Jukka Pa虉tynen & Vesa Va虉lima虉ki (ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Sound and Music Computing Conference 2017.
Is there a more popular description?
Read a feature story about the MICRO project.
