title: Cardiac autonomic responses induced by mental tasks and the influence of musical auditory stimulation.
abstract: We investigated the acute effects of musical auditory stimulation on cardiac autonomic responses to a mental task in 28 healthy men (18-22 years old). In the control protocol (no music), the volunteers remained at seated rest for 10 min and the test was applied for five minutes. After the end of test the subjects remained seated for five more minutes. In the music protocol, the volunteers remained at seated rest for 10 min, then were exposed to music for 10 min; the test was then applied over five minutes, and the subjects remained seated for five more minutes after the test. In the control and music protocols the time domain and frequency domain indices of heart rate variability remained unchanged before, during and after the test. We found that musical auditory stimulation with baroque music did not influence cardiac autonomic responses to the mental task.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdadede Filosofia e Ciências, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Juliana Cristina
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo (CESNA), Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heraldo L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdadede Filosofia e Ciências, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anne M G
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fontes
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, UNESP, Rua Roberto Simonsen, 305, 19060-900 Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana M S
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Antonio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicinado ABC, Av. Príncipe de Gales, 821, 09060-650 Santo André, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: de Abreu
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Harvard Medical School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, II-219, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Viviani
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barnabé
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo (CESNA), Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: rsmarcomini@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Renata S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Marcomini
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Fisioterapia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, UNESP, Rua Roberto Simonsen, 305, 19060-900 Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Carlos M
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Vanderlei
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional, Faculdadede Filosofia e Ciências, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Meire L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Centro de Estudos do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo (CESNA), Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, UNESP, Av. Hygino Muzzi Filho, 737, 17525-900 Marília, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: vitor.valenti@marilia.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Vitor E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Valenti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D009147:Music Therapy; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Autonomic nervous system; Cardiovascular system; Hearing