scholarly journals An Emotional Roller Coaster: Electrophysiological Evidence of Emotional Engagement during a Roller-Coaster Ride with Virtual Reality Add-On

2020 ◽  
pp. 109634802094443
Author(s):  
Marcel Bastiaansen ◽  
Monique Oosterholt ◽  
Ondrej Mitas ◽  
Danny Han ◽  
Xander Lub
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Experimental Psychology ◽  
Emotional Engagement ◽  
Roller Coaster ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
Tourism Experience ◽  
Over Time

Emotions are crucial ingredients of meaningful and memorable tourism experiences. Research methods borrowed from experimental psychology are prime candidates for quantifying emotions while experiences are unfolding. The present article empirically evaluates the methodological feasibility and usefulness of ambulatory recordings of skin conductance responses (SCRs) during a tourism experience. We recorded SCRs in participants while they experienced a roller-coaster ride with or without a virtual reality (VR) headset. Ride elements were identified that related to physical aspects (such as accelerations and braking), to events in the VR environment, and to the physical theming of the roller coaster. VR rides were evaluated more positively than normal rides. SCR time series were meaningfully related to the different ride elements. SCR signals did not significantly predict overall evaluations of the ride. We conclude that psychophysiological measurements are a new avenue for understanding how hospitality, tourism and leisure experiences dynamically develop over time.

scholarly journals Pain-Related Fear in Virtual Reality: A New Experimental Paradigm

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Hilger ◽  
Anne-Sophie Häge ◽  
Christina Zedler ◽  
Michael Jost ◽  
Paul Pauli
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Pain ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Avoidance Behavior ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Ecological Validity ◽  
Arm Movements ◽  
Learning Mechanisms ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses

Background: Pain-related fear is critically involved in the development and maintenance of chronic pain. Empirical research suggests a key role of operant learning mechanism, and first experimental paradigms were developed for their investigation within a controlled laboratory setting. We introduce a new virtual reality paradigm with improved ecological validity. Methods: The paradigm evaluated the effects of heat-pain stimuli applied contingent versus non-contingent with large arm movements in naturalistic virtual sceneries. Self-reported pain-related fear and pain expectancy, avoidance behavior, and electrodermal activity were assessed in 42 subjects during an acquisition phase (movements-pain association) and a modification phase (no movement-pain association). Results: Pain applications contingent to arm movements induced a gradual increase in pain-related fear and pain expectancy ratings. Both were continuously and ultimately reduced when the contingency was removed. Avoidance behavior demonstrated no such pattern; time-resolved post-hoc analyses revealed that changes in the avoidance behavior took place very fast within the first trial only. Skin conductance levels resemble the patterns observed for ratings, while skin conductance responses equal behavioral results. Conclusion: Our findings suggest the involvement of two different learning mechanisms in the acquisition and modification of pain-related fear: While affective and cognitive fear components evolve rather slow and more gradually, avoidance behavior seems to change much faster, both of which were accompanied by corresponding changes in physiological arousal. These results emphasize the importance of avoidance behavior in chronic pain development, maintenance and its therapy. The introduced virtual reality paradigm allows to examine such avoidance behavior in an ecological valid environment.

scholarly journals Time-series analysis for rapid event-related skin conductance responses

2009 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 224-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik R. Bach ◽  
Guillaume Flandin ◽  
Karl J. Friston ◽  
Raymond J. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Series Analysis ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses

scholarly journals Skin Conductance Responses to a Discrete Threat in Virtual Reality: Associations with Psychopathy and Anxiety

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luna C. M. Centifanti ◽  
Steven M. Gillespie ◽  
Nicholas D. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Conduct Problem ◽  
Psychopathic Traits ◽  
Antisocial Process Screening Device ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
Fear And Anxiety ◽  
Screening Device ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractPeople with high levels of psychopathic traits are often described as fearless and lacking in emotional depth, particularly when evaluating threats in their environments. Skin conductance responsivity (SCR) to negative emotional stimuli represents a robust autonomic correlate of conduct problem behavior in children (Fanti et al., in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 100, 98–107, 2019). However, studies that have examined threat-related processing in youth with conduct problems have tended to use a variety of negative stimuli that might induce various and unspecific negative emotions. Few studies have taken in to account the moderating effects of anxiety on the relationship of distinct psychopathic traits (e.g., narcissism, callousness, impulsivity) with SCR to a fear inducing stimulus. In this study, we examined SCR to a virtual reality rollercoaster drop – that is, a discrete fear inducing event – in a sample of 75 youths (61 males; M = 14 years, SD = 1.4) enrolled in a non-mainstream school. The rollercoaster drop was used to more clearly examine an event-related response to a discrete threat, rather than examining SCR throughout the rollercoaster ride. We used the teacher-reported Antisocial Process Screening Device (Frick & Hare, in Antisocial process screening device: APSD. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems, 2001) to examine the relations of distinct psychopathic traits with SCR and self-reported anxiety. Lower anxiety was associated with higher callousness, but only in youths with low SCR to discrete threat. These findings suggest that fear and anxiety show complex and interactive relations with distinct psychopathic traits.

The role of Anxiety Sensitivity in fear conditioning: a moderation effect

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Gerardo ◽  
Raquel Nunes R. M. Guiomar ◽  
Mariana Moura-Ramos ◽  
Ana Ganho-Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Fear Conditioning ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Anxiety Sensitivity ◽  
Conditioned Fear ◽  
Moderation Effect ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time

Anxiety sensitivity (AS; the degree of fear of experiencing or imagining experiencing anxiety symptoms and its possible consequences) is associated with expression of conditioned fear responses. However, findings regarding the relationship between AS and fear acquisition indexed by skin conductance responses are rather conflicting. Here we aim to clarify this interaction. We classified 144 women that underwent fear conditioning procedures as either high-AS or low-AS. We found that high-AS participants show one of two patterns maintained over time: poor stimuli discrimination or good stimuli discrimination. This suggests that different patterns of fear acquisition potentially support the distinction between anxiety disorders.

Lying and perception of lies by bilingual speakers

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (05) ◽  
pp. 1313-1329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora Kreyßig ◽  
Agnieszka Ewa Krautz
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Emotional Response ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Emotional Valence ◽  
Bilingual Speakers ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
English Second Language ◽  
Task Requirements

AbstractMultiple studies on bilingualism and emotions have demonstrated that a native language carries greater emotional valence than the second language. This distinction appears to have consequences for other types of behavior, including lying. As bilingual lying has not been explored extensively, the current study investigated the psychophysiological differences between German (native language) and English (second language) in the lying process as well as in the perception of lies. The skin conductance responses of 26 bilinguals were measured during reading aloud true and false statements and listening to recorded correct and wrong assertions. The analysis revealed a lie effect, that is, statistically significant differences between valid and fictitious sentences. In addition, the values in German were higher compared to those in English, in accordance with the blunted emotional response account (Caldwell-Harris & Aycicegi-Dinn, 2009). Finally, the skin conductance responses were lower in the listening condition in comparison to the reading aloud. The results, however, are treated with caution given the fact that skin conductance monitoring does not allow assigning heightened reactivity of the skin to one exclusive cause. The responses may have been equally induced by the content of the statements, which prompted positive or negative associations in the participants’ minds or by the specific task requirements.

scholarly journals The Cognitive-Emotional Design and Study of Architectural Space: A Scoping Review of Neuroarchitecture and Its Precursor Approaches

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2193
Author(s):  
Juan Luis Higuera-Trujillo ◽  
Carmen Llinares ◽  
Eduardo Macagno
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Built Environment ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Neural Activity ◽  
Emotional Design ◽  
Architectural Space ◽  
Future Design

Humans respond cognitively and emotionally to the built environment. The modern possibility of recording the neural activity of subjects during exposure to environmental situations, using neuroscientific techniques and virtual reality, provides a promising framework for future design and studies of the built environment. The discipline derived is termed “neuroarchitecture”. Given neuroarchitecture’s transdisciplinary nature, it progresses needs to be reviewed in a contextualised way, together with its precursor approaches. The present article presents a scoping review, which maps out the broad areas on which the new discipline is based. The limitations, controversies, benefits, impact on the professional sectors involved, and potential of neuroarchitecture and its precursors’ approaches are critically addressed.

scholarly journals Sustainable Virtual Reality Patient Rehabilitation Systems with IoT Sensors Using Virtual Smart Cities

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 4716
Author(s):  
Moustafa M. Nasralla
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Time Series Analysis ◽  
Smart City ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Simulation Scenario ◽  
Common Problems ◽  
Iot Devices

To develop sustainable rehabilitation systems, these should consider common problems on IoT devices such as low battery, connection issues and hardware damages. These should be able to rapidly detect any kind of problem incorporating the capacity of warning users about failures without interrupting rehabilitation services. A novel methodology is presented to guide the design and development of sustainable rehabilitation systems focusing on communication and networking among IoT devices in rehabilitation systems with virtual smart cities by using time series analysis for identifying malfunctioning IoT devices. This work is illustrated in a realistic rehabilitation simulation scenario in a virtual smart city using machine learning on time series for identifying and anticipating failures for supporting sustainability.

scholarly journals Behavioral Triggers of Skin Conductance Responses and Their Neural Correlates in the Primate Amygdala

2009 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 1749-1754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Laine ◽  
Kevin M. Spitler ◽  
Clayton P. Mosher ◽  
Katalin M. Gothard
Keyword(s):  
Skin Conductance ◽  
Single Unit ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Emotional Reaction ◽  
Neural Population ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Indirect Measure ◽  
Skin Conductance Responses ◽  
The Right ◽  
Sympathetic Arousal

The amygdala plays a crucial role in evaluating the emotional significance of stimuli and in transforming the results of this evaluation into appropriate autonomic responses. Lesion and stimulation studies suggest involvement of the amygdala in the generation of the skin conductance response (SCR), which is an indirect measure of autonomic activity that has been associated with both emotion and attention. It is unclear if this involvement marks an emotional reaction to an external stimulus or sympathetic arousal regardless of its origin. We recorded skin conductance in parallel with single-unit activity from the right amygdala of two rhesus monkeys during a rewarded image viewing task and while the monkeys sat alone in a dimly lit room, drifting in and out of sleep. In both experimental conditions, we found similar SCR-related modulation of activity at the single-unit and neural population level. This suggests that the amygdala contributes to the production or modulation of SCRs regardless of the source of sympathetic arousal.

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