Understanding the Physiological effect of Audio stimulus on Females using HRV and Cardiac Electrophysiology Analysis

Abstract

The current study deciphers the effect of an audio stimulus (Indian classical music) on the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and the cardiac electrophysiology of female volunteers. Electrocardiogram (ECG) readings were obtained from ten volunteers for audio stimulus before and after exposing them to the respective stimuli. Various R-R interval (RRI) based analyses (like Recurrence and HRV analysis) were performed to understand the changes in the ANS and the cardiac electrophysiology. HRV analysis indicated an overall parasympathetic dominance after exposure to the audio stimulus.