Heart rate variability reflects the effects of emotional design principle on mental effort in multimedia learning

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Highlights：

• The effect of emotional design on mental effort investment was investigated.

• Physiological measures were used to replicate and extend previous findings.

• Results validate incorporating positive emotion graphics in multimedia instructions.

• Stronger decrease of HF HRV were observed in positive design group.

摘要

•The effect of emotional design on mental effort investment was investigated.•Physiological measures were used to replicate and extend previous findings.•Results validate incorporating positive emotion graphics in multimedia instructions.•Stronger decrease of HF HRV were observed in positive design group.

论文关键词：Multimedia learning,Emotional design,Mental effort,Heart rate variability,High-frequency band

论文评审过程：Received 9 April 2018, Revised 4 July 2018, Accepted 23 July 2018, Available online 24 July 2018, Version of Record 30 July 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.07.037