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  • Physiological responses, including heart rate and heart rate variability, are increasingly used for mental stress monitoring.
  • This review synthesizes research on the impact of mental stress on cardiac activity and analytical methods.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review and synthesize studies analyzing the impact of mental stress on heart activity.
  • To summarize mathematical, statistical, and visualization methods used in these analyses.

Main Methods:

  • A systematic review of 119 articles following PRISMA-ScR guidelines.
  • Inclusion of peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings; exclusion of non-English, non-stress-related, and machine learning-focused studies.

Main Results:

  • Heart activity and behavior demonstrably change during stressful events.
  • Descriptive statistics (t-tests, ANOVA, correlation) were commonly used to assess stress-related changes.
  • Most studies were conducted in controlled laboratory settings.

Conclusions:

  • Heart activity is a promising indicator for detecting stress events.
  • Time series techniques like ARIMA and detrended fluctuation analysis are valuable for studying heart rate patterns associated with mental stress.
  • These methods aid in understanding acute and chronic cardiovascular responses to stress.