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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2017

Synchronization of Human Autonomic Nervous System Rhythms with Geomagnetic Activity in Human Subjects.

Rollin McCraty, Mike Atkinson, Viktor Stolc, Abdullah A Alabdulgader, Alfonsas Vainoras, Minvydas Ragulskis

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Rollin McCratyHeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA. rollin@heartmath.org.
Mike AtkinsonHeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, CA 95006, USA. mike@heartmath.org.
Viktor StolcNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA. viktor.stolc-1@nasa.gov.
Abdullah A AlabdulgaderDirector of Research and Scientific Bio-Computing, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Alhasa, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia. kidsecho@yahoo.com.
Alfonsas VainorasCardiology Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas 44307, Lithuania. alfavain@gmail.com.
Minvydas RagulskisDepartment of Mathematical Modelling, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas 51368, Lithuania. minvydas.ragulskis@ktu.lt.
HeartMath Institute · USAmes Research Center · USKaunas University of Technology · LTLithuanian University of Health Sciences · LTPrince Sultan University · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A coupling between geomagnetic activity and the human nervous system's function was identified by virtue of continuous monitoring of heart rate variability (HRV) and the time-varying geomagnetic field over a 31-day period in a group of 10 individuals who went about their normal day-to-day lives. A time series correlation analysis identified a response of the group's autonomic nervous systems to various dynamic changes in the solar, cosmic ray, and ambient magnetic field. Correlation coefficients and

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Magnetic FieldsAdultAgedAutonomic Nervous SystemCircadian RhythmFemaleHeart RateHumansMagnetic PhenomenaMaleMiddle AgedANSautonomic nervous systemcosmic raysgeomagnetic fieldheart rate variabilityheliobiologyHRVSchumann resonancesolar radio fluxsolar wind

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PMID28703754
PMCPMC5551208
OpenAlexW2734717086

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