INDECISIVE lovers are often advised to listen to their hearts. Now it seems that people who want to relax should do the same. Those who listen to music based on their own heart rates stay cooler and calmer under pressure.
The findings come from the lab of Kiyoko Yokoyama, an IT engineering expert at Nagoya City University, Japan. Yokoyama wanted to know what effect heart-related vibes have on the heart’s owner.
His heart music takes its cues from portable heart monitors worn by volunteers. Software analyses the heart trace from the monitors and measures the time between peaks, the “R-R…
