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Measuring the Effects of Moods and Heart Rate Variability when Playing Video Games

Authors:
Fang-Yu Pai
Ching-Hsiang Lai

Keywords: video game; mood; heart rate variability (HRV); sympathetic; parasympathetic

Abstract:
In this study, we recruited 20 college students who is video games enthusiasts, assigned to video game playing once (as a testing stage), and motionless book-reading (as a control stage). We use POMS scale and ECG Patch physiological signal devices as tools to measure moods and heart rate variability before and after experiment, and assess their effects on physical and mental by playing video games. We expect that low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) in testing stage were significantly higher than the value in the control stage after experiment and has 30 minutes duration in the following sleep stages. It reveals that playing video games may excite sympathetic and parasympathetic during and after playing it. This will disturb sleep and increase physical risk. People should avoid long time and stay up all night playing video games.

Pages: 48 to 50

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: July 19, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4464

ISBN: 978-1-61208-423-7

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 19, 2015 to July 24, 2015