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Heart rate variability analysis and performance during a repeated mental workload task

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Castaldo, Rossana, Montesinos-Silva, Luis, Wan, Tim S., Serban, Andra, Massaro, Sebastiano and Pecchia, Leandro (2017) Heart rate variability analysis and performance during a repeated mental workload task. In: European Medical and Biological Engineering Confernce Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Tampere, Finland, 11-15 June 2017. Published in: IFMBE Proceedings, 65 pp. 69-72. ISBN 9789811051227. ISSN 1680-0737. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_18

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Abstract

We designed and conducted an experiment using a repetitive task to investigate associations between mental workload, performance, and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) features across repetitions. According to the literature, we define mental workload as the interaction between a person and a task that causes task demands to exceed the person’s capacity to deliver. Mental workload was triggered by the use of a highly-paced video game repeated over time. Before engaging with the task, each subject was assessed in controlled condition (i.e., relaxing period) for a short time. Short-term HRV features variations between the baseline (i.e., control situation) and each repetitive gaming session (i.e., mental task) were explored. The results show that HRV dynamics diminish with repetitions, while performance increases. Importantly, this suggests that HRV features can be well correlated with performance. Overall, this study advances the use of HRV analysis in the behavioral sciences at large, allowing the design of flexible neurophysiological lab-based experiments. Thus, it also opens the way to future autonomic behavioral neuroscience research.

Item Type: Conference Item (Speech)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science
Faculty of Science > Engineering
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Heart rate monitoring, Psychological tests, Video games
Journal or Publication Title: IFMBE Proceedings
Publisher: International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering
ISBN: 9789811051227
ISSN: 1680-0737
Book Title: EMBEC & NBC 2017
Editor: Eskola, H. and Väisänen, O. and Viik, J. and Hyttinen, J.
Official Date: 13 June 2017
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DateEvent
13 June 2017Published
2 April 2017Accepted
Volume: 65
Page Range: pp. 69-72
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-5122-7_18
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIEDUniversity of Warwickhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000741
Conference Paper Type: Speech
Title of Event: European Medical and Biological Engineering Confernce Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics
Type of Event: Conference
Location of Event: Tampere, Finland
Date(s) of Event: 11-15 June 2017
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