Identification of a Group's Physiological Synchronization with Earth's Magnetic Field
| Author | Affiliation |
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Timofejeva, Inga | |
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2017-09-01 |
This study was funded by the HeartMath Institute and the open access publishing fees were provided by Abdullah A. Alabdulgader. Financial support from the Research Council of Lithuania under the grant No. MIP078/2015 is acknowledged.
A new analysis technique for the evaluation of the degree of synchronization between the physiological state of a group of people and changes in the Earth's magnetic field based on their cardiac inter-beat intervals was developed and validated. The new analysis method was then used to identify clusters of similar synchronization patterns in a group of 20 individuals over a two-week period. The algorithm for the identification of slow wave dynamics for every person was constructed in order to determine meaningful interrelationships between the participants and the local magnetic field data. The results support the hypothesis that the slow wave rhythms in heart rate variability can synchronize with changes in local magnetic field data, and that the degree of synchronization is affected by the quality of interpersonal relationships.