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SUBMITTER: Hammond H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10113978 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hammond Hugo H Armstrong Michael M Thomas Graham A GA Gilchrist Iain D ID
Cognitive research: principles and implications 20230419 1
When an audience member becomes immersed, their attention shifts towards the media and story, and they allocate cognitive resources to represent events and characters. Here, we investigate whether it is possible to measure immersion using continuous behavioural and physiological measures. Using television and film clips, we validated dual-task reaction times, heart rate, and skin conductance against self-reported narrative engagement. We find that reaction times to a secondary task were strongly ...[more]