Heart rate variability: An index of brain processing in vegetative state? An artificial intelligence, data mining study

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2024-2034

  Riganello, F ^a   Candelieri, A ^b   Quintieri, M ^b   Conforti, D ^b   Dolce, G ^a  

^a RAN Research on Advanced Neuro rehabilitation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Data mining; Emotions; Healthy controls; Heart rate variability; Music; Vegetative state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DATA MINING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; DATA MINING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049259092     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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