Review of four studies on the use of physiological reaction as a measure of presence in stressful virtual environments

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-258

  Meehan, Michael ^a   Razzaque, Sharif ^b   Insko, Brent ^c   Whitton, Mary ^b   Brooks Jr , Frederick P ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c 3Dlabs ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Physiological measures; Presence; Skin conductance; Skin temperature; Stress; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STRESS; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 25144468419     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-005-6381-3     Document Type: Article

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