Narratives are effective tools for evoking emotions, and physiological measurements provide
a means of objectively assessing emotional reactions–making them a potentially powerful …

As we comprehend narratives, our attentional engagement fluctuates over time. Despite
theoretical conceptions of narrative engagement as emotion-laden attention, little empirical …

Cybersickness (CS) is one of the challenges that has hindered the widespread adoption of
Virtual Reality (VR). Consequently, researchers continue to explore novel means to mitigate …

Synchronous online learning has become a trend in recent years. However, instructors often
face the challenge of inferring audiences' reactions and learning status without seeing their …

Scientific interest in the processing and effects of narrative information has substantially
increased in recent years. The focus of this chapter is on narrative transportation, an …

Despite recent progress in the research of people's emotional response to the environment,
the built—rather than natural—environment's emotional effects have not yet been thoroughly …

Live streaming platforms and existing viewer participation tools enable users to interact and
engage with an online community, but the anonymity and scale of chat usually result in the …

The affective news extended model (Knobloch-Westerwick et al., 2020) demonstrated that
narratives with a suspense-inducing format, a linear compared to inverted pyramid format …

Influencing consumer food choices has evolved as a multidisciplinary research area that
bridges marketing, food science, and sensory experiences. However, little is known about …

Audio description remains the cornerstone of accessibility for visually impaired audiences to
all sorts of audiovisual content, including porn. Existing work points to the efficacy of audio …