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.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Information Systems and Neuroscience : NeuroIS Retreat 2023, Vienna, Austria |
Editors | Fred D. Davis, René Riedl, Jan vom Brocke, Pierre-Majorique Léger, Adriane B. Randolph, Gernot R. Müller-Putz |
Number of pages | 11 |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2024 |
Pages | 33–43 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783031583957 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783031583964 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Event | 15th Anniversary NeuroIS Retreat 2023 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 30 May 2023 → 1 Jun 2023 Conference number: 15 http://www.neurois.org/neurois-retreat-2023/ |
Conference
Conference | 15th Anniversary NeuroIS Retreat 2023 |
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Number | 15 |
Country/Territory | Austria |
City | Vienna |
Period | 30/05/2023 → 01/06/2023 |
Internet address |
Series | Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation |
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Volume | 68 |
ISSN | 2195-4968 |
Keywords
- Breathing
- Privacy decisions
- Breavacy hypothesis
- NeuroIS