Study of Music Effect on Mental Stress Relief Based on Heart Rate Variability

Chennafi, M; Khan, MA; Li, G; Lian, Y; Wang, G

Study of Music Effect on Mental Stress Relief Based on Heart Rate Variability

Chennafi, M Khan, MA Li, G

Lian, Y Wang, G

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Citation:: 2018 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, APCCAS 2018, 2019, pp. 131 - 134
Issue Date:: 2019-01-08

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dc.contributor.author	Chennafi, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Khan, MA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Li, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5251-7445	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Lian, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wang, G	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-01-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2018 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, APCCAS 2018, 2019, pp. 131 - 134	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781538682401	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/133565
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 IEEE. In the modern era, mobile device and cloud database have become ubiquitous which provides unprecedented opportunity for psychologists and neuroscientists to develop personalized music therapy for mental stress relief. However few of studies go further to compare the effect of different music genres and the timing of listening to music on stress relief, and none uniquely integrates heart rate variability (HRV)-based physiological evidence together. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of different music types (classic vs self-selected relaxing music) as well as timing of listening to music (before vs during vs after stress stimulus tasks) on HRV evidence-based stress recovery. Forty-eight healthy young males were randomly assigned to either preferred relaxing music or classic music group or control group (rest in silence). HRV parameters in time and frequency domain as well as self-reported stress scores were assessed. Results show that the averaged stress score in classic group is slightly lower (no statistical difference) than that in personal preferred music group, while both HRV time and frequency parameters were significantly different between the two genres. These results not only reveal that classic music is more effective than personalized relaxing music, but also indicate that physiological parameters are able to provide much more richer emotional information if compared to pure subjective assessment. Regarding the timing of listening to music, there is no mutually statistical difference, indicating that listening to music before, during and after the stressful events has a similar relief effect.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	2018 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, APCCAS 2018	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/APCCAS.2018.8605674	en_US
dc.title	Study of Music Effect on Mental Stress Relief Based on Heart Rate Variability	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018 IEEE. In the modern era, mobile device and cloud database have become ubiquitous which provides unprecedented opportunity for psychologists and neuroscientists to develop personalized music therapy for mental stress relief. However few of studies go further to compare the effect of different music genres and the timing of listening to music on stress relief, and none uniquely integrates heart rate variability (HRV)-based physiological evidence together. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of different music types (classic vs self-selected relaxing music) as well as timing of listening to music (before vs during vs after stress stimulus tasks) on HRV evidence-based stress recovery. Forty-eight healthy young males were randomly assigned to either preferred relaxing music or classic music group or control group (rest in silence). HRV parameters in time and frequency domain as well as self-reported stress scores were assessed. Results show that the averaged stress score in classic group is slightly lower (no statistical difference) than that in personal preferred music group, while both HRV time and frequency parameters were significantly different between the two genres. These results not only reveal that classic music is more effective than personalized relaxing music, but also indicate that physiological parameters are able to provide much more richer emotional information if compared to pure subjective assessment. Regarding the timing of listening to music, there is no mutually statistical difference, indicating that listening to music before, during and after the stressful events has a similar relief effect.

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