Exploring the heart rate as a chronemic cue in virtual settings : how perceptions of consistent and varied heart rates of a storyteller influence self-reported other-arousal, empathy and social presence

• Main Authors: Li, Benjamin Junting, Bailenson, Jeremy N., Ogle, Elise, Zaki, Jamil
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Heart Rates; Psychophysiological Measure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155449
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

While the heart rate has been used as a psychophysiological measure in media research, the perception of heart rates may have a considerable influence on individuals. Based on social information processing theory, this paper proposes the heart rate as a chronemic cue in virtual environments, with a...