Author: An H, Kulkarni R, Nagarathna R, Nagendra H.
Affiliation: Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation, Bangalore, India.
Conference/Journal: Int J Yoga.
Date published: 2010 Jan
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Volume ID: 3 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 6-9 , Word Count: 75
Certain time domain, frequency domain and a nonlinear measure of heart rate variability are studied in women following a meditative practice called cyclic meditation. The nonlinear measure studied is the sampling entropy. We show that there is an increase in the sampling entropy in the meditative group as compared to the control group. The time domain measure called pNNx is shown to be useful in distinguishing between the meditative state and a normal resting state.