Heart rate indication using musical data

Heart rate data reflects various physiological states such as biological workload, stress at work and concentration on tasks, drowsiness and the active state of the autonomic nervous system. This paper proposes a system to indicate heart rate using musical data. Music changes physiological states fo...

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Published inIEEE transactions on biomedical engineering Vol. 49; no. 7; pp. 729 - 733
Main Authors Yokoyama, K., Ushida, J., Sugiura, Y., Mizuno, M., Mizuno, Y., Takata, K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.07.2002
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Acoustic noise
Activities of Daily Living - psychology
Adolescent
Adult
Algorithms
Autonomic nervous system
Biofeedback
Biofeedback, Psychology - physiology
Biological and medical sciences
Biological control systems
Computer interfaces
Digital
Female
Fourier Analysis
Heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Indication
Instruments
Male
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Music
Music Therapy - instrumentation
Music Therapy - methods
Musical instruments
Prototypes
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Stress
Task Performance and Analysis
Workload
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Summary:Heart rate data reflects various physiological states such as biological workload, stress at work and concentration on tasks, drowsiness and the active state of the autonomic nervous system. This paper proposes a system to indicate heart rate using musical data. Music changes physiological states for the better by relaxing people, or contributing to patient treatment through music therapy. Information in the form of music is advantageous because it does not hinder work as does verbal information and it contains more information than warning noises. We introduce and evaluate a prototype heart rate indication system and describe evaluation results of biofeedback effects on the worker during mental workload. The prototype system sequentially inputs the instantaneous heart rate into the computer, converts the data into a musical instrument digital interface, the digital music format, and outputs it from the sound source. The system uses an ECG which can be measured easily.
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ISSN:0018-9294
1558-2531
DOI:10.1109/TBME.2002.1010857