Salivary cortisol and cardiovascular reactivity to a public speaking task in a virtual and real-life environment

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Highlights：

• Social evaluation (real & virtual) leads to an increase in anxiety, HR and cortisol.

• Virtual stressors without social cues do not elicit a significant stress response.

• No sex differences in stress responses during real and virtual social evaluation.

• Data supports Media Equation Theory and Self-Preservation Theory in virtual reality.

摘要

•Social evaluation (real & virtual) leads to an increase in anxiety, HR and cortisol.•Virtual stressors without social cues do not elicit a significant stress response.•No sex differences in stress responses during real and virtual social evaluation.•Data supports Media Equation Theory and Self-Preservation Theory in virtual reality.

论文关键词：Stress,Virtual reality,Salivary cortisol,Heart rate variability,Public speaking

论文评审过程：Received 12 August 2015, Revised 17 March 2016, Accepted 21 March 2016, Available online 4 April 2016, Version of Record 4 April 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.081