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The Heart of Effort: Revealing Heart Rate Patterns in Real-Effort Tasks

In: Information Systems and Neuroscience

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  • Anke Greif-Winzrieth

    (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT))

  • Verena Dorner

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU))

  • Johannes Könemann

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU))

  • Gerlinde Fellner-Röhling

    (Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU))

Abstract

Many laboratory experiments use real-effort tasks to increase the external validity of their findings. Real-effort tasks activate emotional reactions that are absent in stated-effort tasks. But there is little evidence whether and to which extent emotional reactions differ between participants, and how they affect effort provision. Since self-reported measures can be sensitive to the experimental context, we use heart rate measurements to investigate how participants feel during the task. We conducted a real-effort experiment with 84 participants and collected heart rate data with Polar H10 Heart Rate Sensors. We applied time series clustering on the heart rate data, focusing on shape-based distance (SBD) and k-shape clustering for analysis. The results demonstrate differences in heart rate patterns among participant clusters, but not in effort provision. This research contributes to a better understanding of emotional reactions during real-effort tasks and offers a novel approach to studying these emotions using heart rate measurements.

Suggested Citation

  • Anke Greif-Winzrieth & Verena Dorner & Johannes Könemann & Gerlinde Fellner-Röhling, 2025. "The Heart of Effort: Revealing Heart Rate Patterns in Real-Effort Tasks," 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 287-298, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-031-71385-9_25
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-71385-9_25
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