Interpersonal autonomic physiology is defined as the relationship between people's
physiological dynamics, as indexed by continuous measures of the autonomic nervous …

Digital games often constitute a shared activity where people can spend time together,
communicate and socialize. Several commercial titles place social interaction at the center …

Affective states, moods and emotions, are an integral part of human nature: they shape our
thoughts, govern the behavior of the individual, and influence our interpersonal …

Recent research has attempted to describe meaningful experiences with entertainment
media that go beyond hedonic enjoyment. Most of this research focuses on noninteractive …

The interactive, give and take “dance” that highlights the synchrony between parents and
young infants during social interaction occurs at the behavioral as well as the physiological …

In a novel experimental setting, we augmented a variation of traditional compassion
meditation with our custom-built VR environment for multiple concurrent users. The …

The recent emergence of comfortable wearable sensors has focused almost entirely on
monitoring physical activity, ignoring opportunities to monitor more subtle phenomena, such …

Abstract Children with Learning Disabilities (LDs) show some emotional difficulties and
behavioral problems in classroom compared with their peers without LDs. Emotions …

Virtual reality (VR) multiplayer games increasingly use asymmetry (eg, differences in a
person's capability or the user interface) and resulting interdependence between players to …

We report the results of an empirical study demonstrating the value of using physiological
compliance as a measure of social presence during digital game playing. The physiological …