Zhu J, Ji L, Liu C. Heart rate variability monitoring for emotion and disorders of emotion.
Physiol Meas 2019;
40:064004. [PMID:
30974428 DOI:
10.1088/1361-6579/ab1887]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Emotion is composed of cognitive processing, physiological response and behavioral reaction. Heart rate variability (HRV) refers to the fluctuations between consecutive heartbeat cycles, and is considered as a non-invasive method for evaluating cardiac autonomic function. HRV analysis plays an important role in emotional study and detection.
OBJECTIVE
In this paper, the physiological foundation of HRV is briefly described, and then the relevant literature relating to HRV-based emotion studies for the performance of HRV in different emotions, emotion recognition, the evaluation of emotional disorders, HRV biofeedback, as well as HRV-based emotion analysis and management enhanced by wearable devices, are reviewed.
SIGNIFICANCE
It is suggested that HRV is an effective tool for the measurement and regulation of emotional response, with a broad application prospect.
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