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Heart rate variability monitoring for emotion and disorders of emotion
Jianping Zhu1, Lizhen Ji1, Chengyu Liu2,3
1School of Life Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, People's Republic of China.
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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