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Multiple Group Membership and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Women: Moderation by the Number of Groups Perceived as Targets of Discrimination. 多群体成员和女性心血管反应：被视为歧视目标的群体数量的调节。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70309

Lisa Skilton, Aoife-Marie Foran, Grace McMahon, Orla T Muldoon

{"title":"Multiple Group Membership and Cardiovascular Reactivity in Women: Moderation by the Number of Groups Perceived as Targets of Discrimination.","authors":"Lisa Skilton, Aoife-Marie Foran, Grace McMahon, Orla T Muldoon","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70309","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined whether multiple group membership (MGM) predicted future cardiovascular reactivity (CVR) in women and whether this relationship was moderated by the number of social group memberships they perceived to be the basis for their discrimination. Using a longitudinal design, data were drawn from Waves 2 and 3 of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) study. The sample included 179 women for diastolic and systolic blood pressure (DBP, SBP) reactivity and 200 women for heart rate (HR) reactivity (ages 47-94, M = 63.66, SD = 8.90). Greater MGM at Time 1 was associated with lower HR responses to stress at Time 2, indicating reduced cardiovascular responding during the stress tasks. Moderation analyses revealed that among women who attributed discrimination to one group, higher MGM predicted higher HR reactivity suggesting a more engaged stress response. In contrast, among women who did not attribute discrimination to any group, higher MGM was significantly associated with lower HR reactivity. No significant effects were found for SBP and DBP reactivity. Together, these findings suggest that MGM does not uniformly confer stress-buffering benefits and may, in some contexts, reflect cumulative social burden rather than protection. The results highlight the importance of considering the social meaning and context of group memberships, particularly experiences of discrimination, when evaluating their implications for women's stress-related health.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70309"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13139522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147842102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated With Blunted Cardiovascular Reactivity and Poorer Recovery From Acute Psychological Stress. 不良的童年经历与心血管反应迟钝和急性心理应激后较差的恢复有关。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70307

Aisling M Costello, Alyndra Plagge, Adam O'Riordan

{"title":"Adverse Childhood Experiences Are Associated With Blunted Cardiovascular Reactivity and Poorer Recovery From Acute Psychological Stress.","authors":"Aisling M Costello, Alyndra Plagge, Adam O'Riordan","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70307","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70307","url":null,"abstract":"Experiencing childhood adversity is related to later adverse cardiovascular health outcomes. The mechanism by which this occurs may be explained by dysregulation of the autonomic stress response. The aim of this study was to examine whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predicted cardiovascular stress reactivity to and recovery from an acute psychological stressor. In a single laboratory visit, one-hundred and fifty-nine undergraduate students completed a modified version of the Trier Social Stress Task while having their blood pressure and heart rate monitored over the course of a 10-min baseline, 6-min stress test, and 15-min recovery period. Participants also completed the Adverse Childhood Experiences Scale. Using regression analyses, participants who reported experiencing a greater number of ACEs demonstrated significantly lower systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) reactivity to the acute stress task. Additionally, a greater number of ACEs was significantly associated with poorer DBP recovery following stress exposure. The current study indicates that ACEs are associated with blunted cardiovascular reactivity to, as well as poorer cardiovascular recovery from acute psychological stress. These findings indicate a psychophysiological mechanism facilitating the association between ACEs and adverse cardiovascular health outcomes.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Oscillatory Markers of Interoceptive Attention: Beta Suppression as a Neural Signature of Heartbeat Processing. 内感受性注意的振荡标记：β抑制是心跳加工的神经特征。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70301

Kristina Pultsina, Suvi Karjalainen, Tiina Parviainen

{"title":"Oscillatory Markers of Interoceptive Attention: Beta Suppression as a Neural Signature of Heartbeat Processing.","authors":"Kristina Pultsina, Suvi Karjalainen, Tiina Parviainen","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70301","url":null,"abstract":"Interoceptive attention refers to selectively attending to internal bodily signals to guide perception and behavior. Cardiac interoception, in particular, has been proposed to play a key role in self-regulation and emotional awareness, yet the neural dynamics underlying attention to cardiac signals remain incompletely understood. Here, we investigated whether heartbeat-locked beta-band (16-28 Hz) activity serves as an oscillatory marker of interoceptive attention. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG), we recorded neural activity from 51 healthy participants during heartbeat and auditory discrimination tasks. Time-frequency analyses revealed significant suppression of beta-band power 310-530 ms after the R-peak, localized to somatosensory cortex, premotor cortex, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, and midline cingulate regions. This heartbeat-locked beta suppression was observed not only during task conditions but also at rest, suggesting an ongoing cortical response to cardiac signals. Critically, the magnitude of suppression was significantly enhanced during interoceptive attention. Moreover, greater beta suppression in somatosensory and anterior cingulate cortices was associated with higher interoceptive accuracy across individuals. Control analyses indicated that the effect was time-locked to cardiac events and was not observed in surrogate epochs, making it unlikely to reflect nonspecific timing effects or heart rate variability. Heartbeat-locked beta suppression was enhanced during interoceptive attention and was larger in participants with higher interoceptive accuracy. The results identify beta-band suppression as a candidate oscillatory marker of interoceptive attention and provide a foundation for future studies of interoceptive processing in healthy and clinical populations.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70301"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13118154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147778998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70313

William Slawson, Greg Hajcak, Bob McMurray, Bruce D Bartholow

{"title":"Age-Related Differences in Response Time Across Adolescence Reflect Premotor, but Not Motor, Processing Speed.","authors":"William Slawson, Greg Hajcak, Bob McMurray, Bruce D Bartholow","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70313","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70313","url":null,"abstract":"Extant literature suggests that developmental improvements in processing speed reflect changes in a common global processing factor. In theory, then, the influence of age on processing speed should be shared across premotor processes (e.g., response selection) and motor processes (e.g., response execution). However, some researchers have observed differences in the effect of age on speed across different processes depending on stage of development, and research on neurodevelopment has long demonstrated variation in the developmental trajectory of cortical regions associated with different functions. The current study explored whether age-related differences in processing speed during adolescence varied between premotor and motor domains, testing whether these domain-specific differences accounted for age-related variance in choice reaction time (RT). Adolescent participants (N = 204, 68.6% female) varying in age from 14 to 19 years (Mage = 16, SDage = 1.73) completed a flanker task while EEG was recorded. We quantified the lateralized readiness potential (LRP) to fractionate RTs into premotor (stimulus-locked LRP [S-LRP]) and motor (response-locked LRP [R-LRP]) intervals. Both S-LRP and R-LRP latencies correlated with RT, but only S-LRP latency decreased with age. Mediation analysis confirmed a significant indirect effect of age on RT through S-LRP latency but not R-LRP latency, suggesting that faster processing speed among older adolescents stems from faster premotor-but not motor-processing. We demonstrate the utility of using LRP latencies to investigate domain-specific processing speed, highlighting directions for future work to link structural development research to functional measurements.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70313"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13150053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147842107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Latent State-Trait and Latent Growth Curve Modeling of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements. 平滑追求眼动的潜在状态-特征和潜在生长曲线建模。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70299

Celina Kullmann, Ulrich Ettinger, Kaja Faßbender

{"title":"Latent State-Trait and Latent Growth Curve Modeling of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements.","authors":"Celina Kullmann, Ulrich Ettinger, Kaja Faßbender","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70299","url":null,"abstract":"Smooth pursuit eye movement (SPEM) performance has previously been shown to have good reliability. While quantifying the relative amounts of reliable trait and state influences on SPEM is relevant to different lines of research including individual differences, clinical and experimental research, this has not yet been done. Here, we apply latent state-trait (LST) theory to SPEM for the first time to examine reliability and to explicitly decompose trait and situational variance. SPEM tasks with sinusoidal and triangular movement patterns were performed by N = 163 healthy participants at three measurement occasions. LST and latent growth curve (LGC) modeling was used to calculate model-based reliability and to distinguish reliable trait variance (consistency) and variance due to influences of the situation and of the person × situation interaction (occasion specificity). We found mostly excellent reliabilities (0.86-0.98), except for the intra-individual standard deviation of root mean square error (RMSE) in both SPEM tasks where reliability was good (0.70-0.74). Consistencies and occasion specificities indicated that a higher proportion of variance was due to trait influences (62% on average) than due to situational influences (26% on average). There were mostly no changes on trait level over time. We conclude that SPEM performance is highly reliable and mainly reflects relatively stable trait components, but is also characterized by substantial state influences. Overall, these findings further support the use of SPEM in individual differences studies. However, potential state influences should be considered more explicitly in future studies examining SPEM.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70299"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13109632/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From Feedback-Learning to Semantic Memory: Can Feedback-Related Brain Activity Predict Object-Word Associations? 从反馈学习到语义记忆：反馈相关的大脑活动能否预测目标词联想？

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70306

Christine Albrecht, Laura Bechtold, Marta Ghio, Christian Bellebaum

{"title":"From Feedback-Learning to Semantic Memory: Can Feedback-Related Brain Activity Predict Object-Word Associations?","authors":"Christine Albrecht, Laura Bechtold, Marta Ghio, Christian Bellebaum","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70306","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the neural mechanisms underlying feedback-based learning of novel-object-novel-word associations, focusing on how feedback-locked event-related potentials acquired during learning relate to subsequent memory performance and acquired association strength. Specifically, we examined whether amplitudes of the feedback-related negativity (FRN) and N170 components after immediate or delayed feedback predicted not only free recall and recognition performance, but also N400 priming effects exerted by the novel objects on the novel words as a neural correlate of the strength of the associations acquired through feedback-based learning. Sixty-six healthy young adults learned novel associations receiving either immediate or delayed deterministic feedback, followed by free recall tests and a newly introduced primed recognition task to measure N400 priming effects. Results showed that FRN amplitudes during learning were associated with recognition performance and predicted frontal N400 priming effects, suggesting a link to procedural, automatically retrieved memories. In contrast, N170 amplitudes were related not only to recognition, but also free recall and to general facilitation of semantic retrieval and integration processes, reflected in reduced N400 amplitudes, indicating a role in declarative memory and familiarity-driven processing facilitation. Overall, feedback-based learning elicited robust N400 priming effects, reflecting successful associative integration. However, no consistent effects of feedback timing or valence were observed, likely due to learning strategies adopted based on the deterministic nature of feedback and the anticipation of the memory tasks after learning. These findings highlight distinct contributions of feedback-related ERP components to different forms of memory representations, linking general mechanisms of feedback-based learning to the resulting representations.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70306"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13148314/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147842143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eye-Tracking and Skin Conductance to Monitor Cognitive Task Engagement. 眼动追踪和皮肤电导监测认知任务参与。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70291

Agustina Fragueiro, Julie Fournier, René-Paul Debroize, Claire Cury

{"title":"Eye-Tracking and Skin Conductance to Monitor Cognitive Task Engagement.","authors":"Agustina Fragueiro, Julie Fournier, René-Paul Debroize, Claire Cury","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70291","url":null,"abstract":"Neurofeedback is a promising technique for brain rehabilitation and cognitive enhancement; however, it suffers from an inefficacy problem, as more than a third of participants do not learn to regulate their own brain activity. Lack of task engagement, probably related to an inadequate difficulty level, has been proposed among the possible factors that can affect the learning process. Here, we explored the possibility of monitoring cognitive engagement using physiological signals through eye tracking and electrodermal activity. We recorded these signals while participants completed different tasks designed to stimulate cognitive load and attentional focus. From the assumption that high performance in any task requires an optimal level of engagement, we finally trained a linear model to predict participants' performance during different cognitive tasks by using their physiological signals. Results showed that pupil diameter strongly discriminates internal focus of attention from mind-wandering states, and that pupil diameter and skin conductance response are sensitive to differentiate between task and rest conditions. In addition, both features are sensitive to habituation and cognitive load effects. The model was able to predict performance when trained on a specific task, as well as when combining different tasks together. Our results provide new insights regarding the physiological bases of cognitive engagement and propose a model with the potential to monitor it, while predicting performance. The capacity of our model to be generalized across different tasks encourage further research to test its potential in other domains, for example, in the context of individualized neurofeedback protocols.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Specifying the Cardio-Respiratory Patterns During Fast-Paced Breathing. 指定快节奏呼吸时的心肺模式。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-05-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70305

Maša Iskra, Sylvain Laborde, Tasha Poppa, Caterina Salvotti, Elisa Weinand, Markus Raab, Laura Voigt

{"title":"Specifying the Cardio-Respiratory Patterns During Fast-Paced Breathing.","authors":"Maša Iskra, Sylvain Laborde, Tasha Poppa, Caterina Salvotti, Elisa Weinand, Markus Raab, Laura Voigt","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.70305","url":null,"abstract":"Fast-paced breathing (FPB) has emerged as a technique to purposefully increase physiological activation to facilitate motor-cognitive performance. Empirical evidence of prominent physiological processes associated with FPB, cardiac changes however, remain scarce. To address this gap, the present study sought to systematically quantify the changes in heart rate variability and cardiac contractility during FPB at 35 and 55 cycles/min (CPM), compared to spontaneous and paced breathing (6 and 15 CPM), while accounting for breathing discomfort. Healthy, physically active participants (N = 38) performed each breathing exercise for 2.5 min, with electrocardiography and impedance cardiography signals recorded throughout. Heart rate variability was indexed through RMSSD, and the pre-ejection period (PEP) served as an index of cardiac contractility. Results showed that FPB at 35 and 55 CPM led to reduced heart rate variability, whereas only the latter condition elicited a significant increase in cardiac contractility, suggesting a more pronounced stimulation. Breathing discomfort level increased as the breathing frequency deviated from the spontaneous range, reaching a moderate level at 55 CPM. These findings elucidate the frequency dependence in reciprocal and independent cardiac patterns, informing conceptual models of paced breathing.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 5","pages":"e70305"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147779096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Validity and Reliability of the Heart Rate Matching Task: A Novel Measure of Heart Rate Estimation. 心率匹配任务的效度和信度：一种新的心率估计方法。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70284

Jamie A Moffatt, Markus R Tünte, Mariana Von Mohr, Manos Tsakiris

{"title":"Validity and Reliability of the Heart Rate Matching Task: A Novel Measure of Heart Rate Estimation.","authors":"Jamie A Moffatt, Markus R Tünte, Mariana Von Mohr, Manos Tsakiris","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70284","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70284","url":null,"abstract":"Sensing and monitoring changes in our heart rate is a key aspect of interoception. We introduce and test the construct validity of the Heart Rate Matching task (HRM), a novel, fast and accessible task designed to assess the ability to estimate heart rate, in both remote (i.e., online) and in-lab settings. In the first lab experiment, under- and over-estimations of the heart rate were not significantly correlated with two interoceptive tasks designed to assess perception of individual heartbeats; the adapted Heartbeat Counting and the Multi-Interval Heartbeat Discrimination tasks. A second experiment conducted online in a large sample, found moderate significant correlations between Heart Rate Matching and the original Heartbeat Counting task. The HRM also correlated with a matched exteroceptive task, highlighting involvement of shared multi-sensory integration processes. The third experiment demonstrated good test-retest reliability of the HRM and moderate correlations with the Heart Rate Discrimination task, also thought to assess the estimation of heart rate. Taken together, these data suggest acceptable validity and moderate reliability of the Heart Rate Matching task and fit with an interpretation of the task as a measure of heart rate beliefs.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 4","pages":"e70284"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13047253/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147609388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Tracking Flow in Real Time: Continuous Measurement of Game-Induced Flow in Virtual Reality. 实时追踪流：虚拟现实中游戏诱导流的连续测量。

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Psychophysiology Pub Date : 2026-04-01 DOI: 10.1111/psyp.70283

Sura Genc, Elif Surer, Marc Wittmann, Tzvetan Popov, Bigna Lenggenhager

{"title":"Tracking Flow in Real Time: Continuous Measurement of Game-Induced Flow in Virtual Reality.","authors":"Sura Genc, Elif Surer, Marc Wittmann, Tzvetan Popov, Bigna Lenggenhager","doi":"10.1111/psyp.70283","DOIUrl":"10.1111/psyp.70283","url":null,"abstract":"Flow experience is characterized by becoming deeply absorbed in a task, by losing track of time, and diminished self-awareness. Psychological flow research typically involves the qualitative or quantitative assessment of flow states after the experience with questionnaires. This approach is limited, as post-task reports provide an overall assessment of the whole experience, but lack the temporal resolution required to analyze together with psychophysiological data and fail to capture flow as it unfolds in real time. We introduce a novel method that enables the continuous and real-time subjective measurement of flow. Forty participants indicated their perceived degree of flow by pressing a custom-made foot pedal (i.e., real-time report) while they engaged in a flow-inducing activity (i.e., playing the video game Thumper in virtual reality). They played the game under two conditions, one with the pedal and one without, while electrocardiogram (ECG) signals were recorded. After each condition, participants completed the validated Flow Short Scale (FSS) as a post-task report. Results support the hypotheses that interacting with the pedal did not interfere with: (a) participants' flow experience as measured with the FSS, (b) heart-rate variability (HRV), and (c) the pedal provided a reliable self-assessment of flow, as indicated by the correlation between real-time and post-task flow ratings. HRV analyses revealed evidence for associations between the high-frequency (HF)-HRV, the low-frequency (LF)/HF ratio, and perceived flow, suggesting that parasympathetic activity and autonomic balance may play a role in the flow experience. In conclusion, this proposed novel empirical method enables assessment of the temporal evolution of a flow experience and its potential links to psychophysiological indicators extending beyond HRV.","PeriodicalId":20913,"journal":{"name":"Psychophysiology","volume":"63 4","pages":"e70283"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13057059/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147633578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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