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Czarnek, G, Strojny, P, Strojny, A and Richter, M (2019) Assessing engagement during rescue operation simulated in virtual reality: a psychophysiological study. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. ISSN 1532-7590
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Abstract
The goal of this study was to investigate the patterns of engagement among professional firefighters during a rescue operation challenge simulated in a virtual reality (VR). The simulator offers a training that would otherwise be impossible or very difficult to arrange in the real world, here a mass-casualty incident. We measured engagement with cardiovascular reactivity as well as subjective perceptions of workload. We found that both a VR rescue challenge and a VR control condition lead to engagement evident in the decrease in parasympathetic activation from baseline (measured as high-frequency heart rate variability). However, the rescue operation leads to a stronger increase in sympathetic activity (shorter pre-ejection period and RZ-interval) than the control condition. Furthermore, the subjective workload ratings corroborate the results from the objective engagement indices. These results demonstrate that it is possible to create a virtual environment that elicits engagement among professional rescuers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction on 20th August 2019, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2019.1655905 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 08 Information and Computing Sciences, 16 Studies in Human Society |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
| Divisions: | Natural Sciences and Psychology (closed 31 Aug 19) |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Date of acceptance: | 12 August 2019 |
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 August 2020 |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Aug 2019 08:52 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Nov 2025 08:00 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1080/10447318.2019.1655905. |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11234 |
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