Psychophysiological responses to appraisal dimensions in a computer game

Article Article scientifique Article Psychophysiological responses to appraisal dimensions in a computer game eng 2004 author van Reekum Carien author Johnstone Tom author Banse Rainer 24318 author Etter Alexandre 46657 author Wehrle Thomas 93920 author Scherer Klaus R. 0000-0001-9526-0144 22696 663-688 10.1080/02699930341000167 0269-9931 A computer game was used to study psychophysiological reactions to emotion‐relevant events. Two dimensions proposed by Scherer (1984a, 1984b) in his appraisal theory, the intrinsic pleasantness and goal conduciveness of game events, were studied in a factorial design. The relative level at which a player performed at the moment of an event was also taken into account. A total of 33 participants played the game while cardiac activity, skin conductance, skin temperature, and muscle activity as well as emotion self‐reports were assessed. The self‐reports indicate that game events altered levels of pride, joy, anger, and surprise. Goal conduciveness had little effect on muscle activity but was associated with significant autonomic effects, including changes to interbeat interval, pulse transit time, skin conductance, and finger temperature. The manipulation of intrinsic pleasantness had little impact on physiological responses. The results show the utility of attempting to manipulate emotion‐constituent appraisals and measure their peripheral physiological signatures. Computer game Psychophysiological responses Dewey 128.37 Swiss National Science Foundation Experimental test of appraisal predictions for emotional response patterning. 37504 CH Projects Swiss National Science Foundation 81GE-057721 CH 15 Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives 0D8 false 1241 Affective sciences Cognition and Emotion 18 5 89522a48-8f36-423d-9182-29d0de0b2bb9 Article (Published version) Public Psychophysiological_responses_to_appraisal_dimensions_in_a_computer_game.pdf 433122 application/pdf openAccess Centres et instituts / Centre interfacultaire en sciences affectives

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