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An Approach to Investigate an Influence of Visual Angle Size on Emotional Activation During a Decision-Making Task

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Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (HCII 2023)

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Decision-making is an important ability in our daily lives. Decision-making can be influenced by emotions. A virtual environment and objects in it might follow an emotional design, thus potentially influencing the mood of a user. A higher visual angle on a particular stimulus can lead to a higher emotional response to it. The use of immersive virtual reality (VR) surrounds a user visually with a virtual environment, as opposed to the partial immersion of using a normal computer screen. This higher immersion may result in a greater visual angle on a particular stimulus and thus a stronger emotional response to it. In a between-subjects user study, we compare the results of a decision-making task in VR presented in three different visual angles. We used the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) as task and to detect potential differences in decision-making. The IGT was displayed in one of three dimensions, thus yielding visual angles of 20\(^\circ \), 35\(^\circ \), and 50\(^\circ \). Our results indicate no difference between the three conditions with respect to decision-making. Thus, our results possibly imply that a higher visual angle has no influence on a task that is influenced by emotions but is otherwise cognitive.

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Oberdörfer, S., Birnstiel, S., Steinhaeusser, S.C., Latoschik, M.E. (2023). An Approach to Investigate an Influence of Visual Angle Size on Emotional Activation During a Decision-Making Task. In: Chen, J.Y.C., Fragomeni, G. (eds) Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. HCII 2023. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 14027. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35634-6_47

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