Effect of meditation on scaling behavior and complexity of human heart rate variability
arXiv Preprint Archive December 10, 2006 preprint
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Observational study |
|---|---|
| Population | Normal hearts |
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Physics.data-an Heart-health Biometrics Data-analysis Physics-biology |
| Key findings | Meditation induces periodic behavior and increases the complexity of heart rate variability. |
Abstract
The heart beat data recorded from samples before and during meditation are analyzed using two different scaling analysis methods. These analyses revealed that mediation severely affects the long range correlation of heart beat of a normal heart. Moreover, it is found that meditation induces periodic behavior in the heart beat. The complexity of the heart rate variability is quantified using multiscale entropy analysis and recurrence analysis. The complexity of the heart beat during mediation is found to be more.