Existing biomedical research indicates psychological state, including mood and emotion, is strongly correlated with various physiological indicators such as heart rate variability (HRV). This project aimed to develop a solution for monitoring HRV for the purpose of training individuals to attain and sustain cognitive coherence, a psychophysiological state marked by enhanced cognitive acuity. A software application was developed to calculate and display a numerical indicator of user coherence level in real-time. The final software package is intended for use by the Worcester Police Department to train emergency operators in cognitive coherence and stress management.

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Creator

• Gorski, Alexander Christopher
• Mullen, David P.
• Niyetkaliyev, Anvar
• Amin, Ryan K.
• Bond, John Joseph

Contributors

• Mendelson, Yitzhak

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-031910-130134

Advisor

• Djamasbi, Soussan

Year

• 2010

Sponsor

• Advanced Body Sensing LLC

Date created

• 2010-03-19

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Management Information Systems

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-12-05