Authors: Mahsa Soufineyestani, Arshia Khan, Rana Imtiaz.
The purpose of this study is to monitor changes in healthy individuals’ physiological and psychological responses to listening to nursery rhymes. Heart rate variability and skin conductance are physiological data that measure an Individual’s arousal response. Individuals were exposed to the nursery rhymes, and an electrodermal activity (EDA) wristband was used to track changes in their physiological factors: heart rate variability and skin conductance. Two self-report questionnaires were designed to investigate individuals' psychological responses after listening to the rhymes. We also compared the EDA and electroencephalogram (EEG) data of participants to understand the relationship between EDA and brain data. After analyzing Individuals’ sensor data and their responses to the questionnaires, no statistically significant results were found that correlated all participants' physiological and psychological changes. However, inconsistent trends such as increases in heart rates, decreases in skin conductance, and reporting feelings such as lively, alert, happy, cheerful, and calm and relaxed were observed for some participants.
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