Dynamical complexity changes during two forms of meditation

✍ Scribed by Jin Li; Jing Hu; Yinhong Zhang; Xiaofeng Zhang

• Book ID: 104080652
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 345 KB
• Volume: 390
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.02.003

✦ Synopsis

Detection of dynamical complexity changes in natural and man-made systems has deep scientific and practical meaning. We use the base-scale entropy method to analyze dynamical complexity changes for heart rate variability (HRV) series during specific traditional forms of Chinese Chi and Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques in healthy young adults. The results show that dynamical complexity decreases in meditation states for two forms of meditation. Meanwhile, we detected changes in probability distribution of m-words during meditation and explained this changes using probability distribution of sine function. The base-scale entropy method may be used on a wider range of physiologic signals.