Measuring arousal and stress physiology on Esports, a League of Legends case study

• DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.22140683
• Publication Date: 2023-03-06T17:17:45Z
• Authors: David Berga; Eleonora De Filippi; Alexandre Pereda-...; ARIJIT NANDI; Eulalia Febrer; Marta Reverte; Lautaro Russo
• Keywords: Turret; Affect; Game play

<p>Esports gaming is an area in which videogame players need to cooperate and compete with each other, influencing their cognitive load, processing, stress, social skills. Here it unknown extent competitive play using a desktop setting can affect the physiological responses of players' autonomic nervous system. For such, we propose study where have measured distinct electrodermal cardiac activity metrics over during several League Legends gameplay sessions Esports stadium. We mainly found that game performance (whether winning or losing game) significantly affects both activity, who lost showed higher stress-related responses, as compared players. also important specific in-game events such "Killing", "Dying" "Destroying Turret" increased more than other less-relevant "Placing Wards" Turret Plates". Finally, by analyzing player roles different trends on these measurements, this could foster exploration human physiology set participants future studies.</p>