Stress Recovery Effects of High- and Low-Frequency Amplified Music on Heart Rate Variability
Joint Authors
Izumi, Shin-Ichi
Nakajima, Yoshie
Tanaka, Naofumi
Mima, Tatsuya
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Sounds can induce autonomic responses in listeners.
However, the modulatory effect of specific frequency components of music is not fully understood.
Here, we examined the role of the frequency component of music on autonomic responses.
Specifically, we presented music that had been amplified in the high- or low-frequency domains.
Twelve healthy women listened to white noise, a stress-inducing noise, and then one of three versions of a piece of music: original, low-, or high-frequency amplified.
To measure autonomic response, we calculated the high-frequency normalized unit (HFnu), low-frequency normalized unit, and the LF/HF ratio from the heart rate using electrocardiography.
We defined the stress recovery ratio as the value obtained after participants listened to music following scratching noise, normalized by the value obtained after participants listened to white noise after the stress noise, in terms of the HFnu, low-frequency normalized unit, LF/HF ratio, and heart rate.
Results indicated that high-frequency amplified music had the highest HFnu of the three versions.
The stress recovery ratio of HFnu under the high-frequency amplified stimulus was significantly larger than that under the low-frequency stimulus.
Our results suggest that the high-frequency component of music plays a greater role in stress relief than low-frequency components.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Nakajima, Yoshie& Tanaka, Naofumi& Mima, Tatsuya& Izumi, Shin-Ichi. 2016. Stress Recovery Effects of High- and Low-Frequency Amplified Music on Heart Rate Variability. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Nakajima, Yoshie…[et al.]. Stress Recovery Effects of High- and Low-Frequency Amplified Music on Heart Rate Variability. Behavioural Neurology No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Nakajima, Yoshie& Tanaka, Naofumi& Mima, Tatsuya& Izumi, Shin-Ichi. Stress Recovery Effects of High- and Low-Frequency Amplified Music on Heart Rate Variability. Behavioural Neurology. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1099444