Marta Vigier

Linköping University | LiU · Neurobiology

Although it is clear that people experience physiological arousal in anticipation of news-focused medical consultations, our knowledge of people’s experiences during and throughout these consultations is scarce. We examine interbeat interval responses (IBI) of patients and doctors during real-life medical consultations to understand how the experie...

Most cancer patients exhibit autonomic dysfunction with attenuated heart rate variability (HRV) levels compared to healthy controls. This research aimed to create and evaluate a machine learning (ML) model enabling discrimination between cancer patients and healthy controls based on 5-min-ECG recordings. We selected 12 HRV features based on previou...

Introduction Doctors and patients influence each other when interacting and, as a result, can become similar to each other in affect and behavior. In the current work, we examine whether they also become similar to each other on a moment-to-moment basis in their physiological responses. Specifically, we examine physiological linkage—how much a doct...

Objectives/purpose: Oxidative stress, inflammation, and excessive sympathetic activity have been related to cancer progression. Recent research suggests that the vagus nerve, indexed by heart rate variability (HRV), represents an important regulator in this process and may affect tumorigenesis by modulating mechanisms involved in tumor progression....