Physiological Linkage of Dyadic Gaming Experience
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Dyadic gaming experience was studied in a psychophysiological experiment where conflict structure and the presence of an artificial intelligence (AI) agent in a turn-based game were varied in four different conditions. Electrocardiographic and electrodermal activity signals of 41 same-gender dyads were recorded to study joint changes in their physiological signals. A strong physiological linkage was found within dyads in all conditions, but the linkage scores did not differentiate between conflict modes. The only significant difference in linkage between conditions was an increase when the AI agents were not present. In addition, linkage was associated with different self-report scales assessing social presence. These results suggest that social presence and physiological linkage within dyads are higher when dyads can focus on each others’ actions without distractions.
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Simo Järvelä, BBA, has a background in cognitive science and human resources management. His current research interests include physiological linkage, embodied cognition, psychophysiology, media experience, games in various forms, and social interaction.
Contact: [email protected].
J. Matias Kivikangas (MA in psychology, University of Helsinki, 2006) is a researcher at EMOID group and a graduate student at University of Helsinki. His dissertation is focused on the psychophysiology of the (local) social game experiences: how the different aspects of social interaction shape the personal experience of playing digital games.
Contact: [email protected].
Jari Kätsyri (PhD, Cognitive Science, Helsinki University of Technology) is a postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University. He is interested in studying emotions in both human-human and human-computer interactions. His recently finished projects include studies utilizing simple video games in functional MRI brain imaging settings.
Contact: [email protected].
Niklas Ravaja, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, and director of research at the Department of Information and Service Economy, Aalto School of Business. His areas of research interest and expertise include the psychophysiology of attention, emotion, and temperament and media psychology. He is an associate editor of Journal of Media Psychology.
Contact: [email protected].
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