XR and behavioral changes

• describes the conformation of an individual’s behavior to their digital self-representation

• in line with self-perception theory

• subjects conform to the behavior that they believe others would expect them to have

• proteus effect emphasizes conformtiy to individual identity cues

attractive condition led participants to significantly

• move closer

• reveal more information

• tall condition split the money significantly more in their own favor than short condition

• short condition were about twice as likely to accept the unfair offer

• more confidence when taller

• studies show the dramatic and almost instantaneous effect that avatars have on behavior in digital environments

• higher-level cognitive processes can influence perceptual interpretation of sizes of objects in the external world other than body size alone

• cognitive processes = implications of form of body in terms of how it represents age

• impact of body form on self- and other-categorization with respect to classification of the self as child or as adult

-> if you are embodied in a child, you become a child

• participants in sexualized conditions reported significantly more body-related thoughts than participants in nonsexualized conditions

• post hoc comparisons revealed that participants who wore a sexualized self expressed greater rape myth acceptance than participants who saw a sexualized other

• no significant differences with the nonsexualized self or nonsexualized other

-> sexualized avatars may promote self-objectification

• uncomfortable body posture = lesser IVBO than comfortable one

• participants in uncomfortable posture experienced greater awareness of their autonomic physiological responses

• greater heart rate, lower heart rate variability and more mistakes in a cognitive task when higher IVBO in uncomfortable posture

• mismatched posture lead to lower IVBO

• uncomfortable posture can still induce psychological and physiological discomfort

A behavioral change in accordance to the expected constraints of the avatar a user is embodied with.