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April 29, 2026Journal of Psychophysiology0 citations

Exploring Autonomic Synchrony and Opinion Change in Moral Persuasion

Exploratory Study of Autonomic Synchrony and Subjective Opinion Change (SOC) in Moral Persuasive Interactions

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FCFlavia CiminaghiMBMichela Balconi

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Exploratory study shows heart rate variability and physiological signals impact opinion change in moral interactions, suggesting links to cooperation and empathy.

Key Points

  • This research aims to understand the relationship between autonomic synchrony and subjective opinion change during moral persuasion interactions.
  • Examined autonomic physiological signals (HR, HRV, SCL) in 30 young adults during moral persuasion tasks.
  • Participants engaged in structured dyadic interactions where physiological data were recorded.
  • Dissimilarity indices for HR, HRV, and SCL calculated and analyzed based on opinion change concordance groups.
  • HRV dissimilarity differed significantly between SOC groups, with mixed SOC pairs having higher HRV dissimilarity than high SOC pairs.
  • Other physiological signals (HR and SCL) did not show significant differences across SOC groups.

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Ciminaghi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69f154e0879cb923c4945333https://doi.org/10.1027/0269-8803/a000358
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