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    Area of Science:

    • Physiology
    • Information Theory
    • Biomedical Engineering

    Background:

    • Heart Rate Variability (HRV) reflects autonomic nervous system activity.
    • Quantifying memory utilization in short-term HRV is crucial for understanding physiological responses.
    • Existing methods for analyzing HRV memory have limitations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare discrete-time and continuous-time estimators of information-theoretic measures for HRV memory utilization.
    • To investigate changes in memory utilization during postural stress.
    • To identify the mechanisms underlying altered HRV memory.

    Main Methods:

    • Comparative analysis of discrete-time (Information Storage, Immediate Memory Utilization, Memory Utilization) and continuous-time (Memory Utilization Rate) estimators.
    • Model-free nearest neighbor entropy estimation applied to HRV series.
    • Data collected from 15 healthy subjects at rest and during postural stress.

    Main Results:

    • Statistically significant increases in Information Storage and Immediate Memory Utilization from rest to stress.
    • Significant increase in Memory Utilization Rate during postural stress.
    • Both discrete and continuous-time methods detected increased HRV predictive capacity under stress.

    Conclusions:

    • Both discrete-time and continuous-time analyses effectively capture increased HRV memory utilization during postural stress.
    • The observed increase in memory utilization is linked to fast mechanisms, potentially sympathetic activation.
    • These findings highlight the utility of information-theoretic measures in assessing autonomic responses via HRV.