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Take a Deep Breath and Tell Me All About It: An Experimental Study on the Effect of Breathing on Privacy Decisions

In: Information Systems and Neuroscience

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  • Tawfiq Alashoor

    (Copenhagen Business School)

  • Andreas Blicher

    (Copenhagen Business School)

  • Rob Gleasure

    (Copenhagen Business School)

Abstract

This study investigates whether stress-relief breathing techniques can impact privacy decisions (i.e., the breavacy hypothesis). We asked 44 participants to complete a disclosure task consisting of 32 personal questions of low, moderate, and high sensitivity. Prior to the task, participants were assigned to a control condition, coherent breathing condition, or box breathing condition. The results reveal that participants in the box breathing condition disclosed the most personal information, followed by those in the coherent breathing condition, and the least disclosure in the control condition. The respiration data indicate that both coherent and box breathing increased the average respiration cycle duration—suggesting greater activation of the parasympathetic nervous system—with a more significant increase for box breathing than coherent breathing. Heart-rate data demonstrate that arousal is not affected by the breathing exercises. Our findings pave the way for new avenues of NeuroIS research exploring the relationship between breathing and privacy.

Suggested Citation

  • Tawfiq Alashoor & Andreas Blicher & Rob Gleasure, 2024. "Take a Deep Breath and Tell Me All About It: An Experimental Study on the Effect of Breathing on Privacy Decisions," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Fred D. Davis & René Riedl & Jan vom Brocke & Pierre-Majorique Léger & Adriane B. Randolph & Gernot (ed.), Information Systems and Neuroscience, pages 33-43, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-031-58396-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58396-4_4
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