Understanding the psychophysiology of flow: A driving simulator experiment to investigate the relationship between flow and heart rate variability

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 408-418

  Tozman, Tahmine ^a   Magdas, Elisabeth S ^b   MacDougall, Hamish G ^b   Vollmeyer, Regina ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving simulation; Flow; Heart rate variability; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DRIVING SIMULATION; DRIVING SIMULATOR; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FLOW; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; SIMULATED DRIVING;

HEART;

EID: 84935019688     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.06.023     Document Type: Article

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