G Valenza, M. Nardelli, G. Bertschy, C. Gentili, A. Lanata, EP Scilingo, Predicting Mood Changes in Bipolar Disorder through Heartbeat Nonlinear Dynamics: a Preliminary Study, Computing in Cardiology, Nice (France), September 2015

M. Nardelli, G. Valenza, M. Bianchi, A. Greco, A. Lanata, A. Bicchi, E.P. Scilingo, “Gender-Specific Velocity Recognition of Caress-like stimuli through Nonlinear Analysis of Heart Rate Variability”, EMBC IEEE, Milan (Italy), August 2015

This study reports on the development of a gender-specific classification system able to discern between two levels of velocity of a caress-like stimulus, through information gathered from Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) linear and nonlinear dynamics....

A. Greco, G. Valenza, M. Nardelli, M. Bianchi, A. Lanata' , E.P. Scilingo, “Electrodermal Activity Analysis during Affective Haptic Elicitation”, EMBC, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Milan (Italy), August 2015

This paper investigates how the autonomic nervous system dynamics, quantified through the analysis of the electrodermal activity (EDA), is modulated according to affective haptic stimuli.  Specifically, a haptic display able to convey caress-like...

M. Nardelli, G. Valenza, A. Greco, A. Lanata', E.P. Scilingo, “Arousal Recognition System based on Heartbeat Dynamics During Auditory Elicitation”, EMBC, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Milan(Italy), August 2015

This study reports on the recognition of different arousal levels, elicited by affective sounds, performed using estimates of autonomic nervous system dynamics.  Specifically, as a part of the circumplex model of affect, arousal levels were recognized...

G. Valenza, A. Greco, M. Nardelli, M. Bianchi, A. Lanatà, S. Rossi, E.P. Scilingo, “Electroencephalographic Spectral Correlates of Caress-like Affective Haptic Stimuli”,EMBC, 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Milan(Italy), August 2015

This paper describes how brain dynamics, as  estimated through spectral analysis of electroencephalographic  (EEG) oscillatory rhythms, is modified by quantifiable, affective  haptic stimuli. Specifically, 32 healthy subjects (16 females)  interacted...

Nardelli, M., Valenza, G., Cristea, I. A., ..., D., Lanatà, A., Scilingo, E. P.: “Characterizing psychological dimensions in non-pathological subjects through autonomic nervous system dynamics”, Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 9, March 2015

The objective assessment of psychological traits of healthy subjects and psychiatric patients has been growing interest in clinical and bioengineering research fields during the last decade. Several experimental evidences strongly suggest that a link...

Nardelli, M., Valenza, G., Greco, A., Lanata, A., & Scilingo, E. "Recognizing Emotions Induced by Affective Sounds through Heart Rate Variability.",IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, May 2015

This paper reports on how emotional states elicited by affective sounds can be effectively recognized by means of estimates of Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) dynamics. Specifically, emotional states are modeled as a combination of arousal and valence...

Lanata, A., Valenza, G., Nardelli, M., Gentili, C., & Scilingo, E. P. “Complexity index from a per-sonalized wearable monitoring system for assessing remission in mental health”. Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Journal of, 19(1), 132-139, Jan

This study discusses a personalized wearable monitoring system, which provides information and communication technologies to patients with mental disorders and physicians managing such diseases. The system, hereinafter called the PSYCHE system, is...

G.Valenza, M.Nardelli, G.Bertschy, A.Lanata, and E.P. Scilingo: "Complexity Modulation in Heart Rate Variability during Pathological Mental States of Bipolar Disorders", ESGCO 2014; Trento, Italy, May 2014

This study reports on a Multiscale Entropy (MSE) analysis on Heart Rate Variability (HRV) series gathered from eight patients with pathological mental states. Specifically, we found that an HRV complexity modulation exists in bipolar patients who...

M. Bianchi, G. Valenza, A. Serio, A. Lanatà, A. Greco, M. Nardelli, E.P. Scilingo, A. Bicchi: "Design and Preliminary Affective Characterization of a Novel Fabric-based Tactile Display", IEEE Haptics Symposium, HAPTICS 2014; Houston,TX; Feb 2014

In this work we present a novel wearable haptic system based on an elastic fabric which can be moved forward and backward over the user forearm thus simulating a human caress. The system allows to control both the velocity of the "caress-like" movement,...

M.Nardelli, G.Valenza et al: "Characterization of Behavioral Activation in Non-Pathological Subjects through Heart Rate Variability Monovariate and Multivariate Multiscale Entropy Analysis", ESGCO 2014; Trento; Italy; 25 May

The objective quantification of psychological traits through Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) biomarkers is of large interest for the clinical and bioengineering scientific communities. Standard procedures, in fact, rely only on subjective scores from...

G.Valenza, M.Nardelli, A.Lanatà, C.Gentili, G.Bertschy, R.Paradiso, and E.P.Scilingo: "Wearable Monitoring for Mood Recognition in Bipolar Disorder Based on History-Dependent Long-Term Heart Rate Variability",B. and H. Inf., IEEE Jou.of, (V.18, Is.5)

Current clinical practice in diagnosing patients affected by psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder is based only on verbal interviews and scores from specific questionnaires, and no reliable and objective psycho-physiological markers are taken...

G. Valenza, M. Nardelli, G. Bertschy, A. Lanatà, E.P. Scilingo: "Mood states modulate complexity in heartbeat dynamics: A multiscale entropy analysis", EPL (Europhysics Letters), Volume 107, Issue 1, 1 July 2014, Article number 18003

This paper demonstrates that heartbeat complex dynamics is modulated by different pathological mental states. Multiscale entropy analysis was performed on R-R interval series gathered from the electrocardiogram of eight bipolar patients who exhibited...