A physiological valence/arousal model from musical rhythm to heart rhythm

Hui Min Wang*, Yaw Chern Lee, Brad S. Yen, Chun Yen Wang, Sheng-Chieh Huang, Kea Tiong Tang

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Abstract

This paper studies how the musical-rhythmic features affect the performance of heart rate variability (HRV). A physiological valence/arousal model of such a relationship is proposed. A systematic experiment was performed, subjecting human subjects to four different drum loops, in which was tried to define a set of rhythmic features (and factors) that could be correlated with the observed HRV readings. Twenty-two healthy subjects and these four testing rhythm patterns were studied in this paper. The results show that dedicated rhythm can be synthesized for relaxing and exciting, and such an understanding between music and autonomic nervous system can improve life and health by the next generation of biomedical entertainment platform.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2011
Pages1013-1016
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Aug 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2011 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Duration: 15 May 201118 May 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE International Symposium of Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2011
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRio de Janeiro
Period15/05/1118/05/11

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