Physiological Responses to Stressful Work Situations in Low-Immersive Virtual Environments

VALERIA FARALLA, ALESSANDRO INNOCENTI, Taddei Stefano, EVA VENTURINI

Risultato della ricerca: Working paper

Abstract

The paper analyzes physiological responses to different visual representations of stressful work activities. A between-subject experiment was conducted to analyze differences in heart rate (HR) and electromyography (EMG) between subjects watching videos featuring real actors and virtual videos with avatars representing the same situation. Findings show that exposure to real videos is associated with greater physiological activations than exposure to virtual videos. This evidence may suggest that, by inducing less emotional involvement, low-immersive virtual environments activate different cognitive mechanisms of stress perception.
Lingua originaleInglese
Pagine1-18
Numero di pagine18
Volume47
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 1 gen 2013

Keywords

  • work stress
  • physiological activations
  • perception
  • virtual reality

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