Calligraphy-Guqin for Brain Health and Emotion
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Uploaded by stewartpwlam on Oct 19, 2011
Title: Calligraphy-Guqin for Brain Health and Emotion.
Abstract
Previous study has shown that calligraphy training improves one's cognitive functions as well as emotional and mental health conditions (Kao, 2011; Kwok, et.al, 2011). Guqin is a seven-stringed Chinese zither without bridges, which has been the preferred instrument of the Chinese scholars and literati for inducing emotion regulation and stability.
We investigated the effects of Guqin and calligraphy training by finger writing, both for the first time, through a single-case clinical trial focusing on brain health and emotion regulation.
We employed a HRV Calligraphy-Guqin biofeedback intervention that is implemented with a Zephyr Blue Tooth chest heartrate device and a HTC EVO 3D Android mobile phone. A Web-based HRV App, the Heart-Love, stored the data from 3 consecutive sessions of the intervention: (1) 5 minutes of Guqin music listening; (2) 5 minutes of finger writing of calligraphy and (3) again 5 minutes of Guqin music listening
Results showed that the first and third Guqin sessions elicited 55% and 68% respectively, and the second calligraphy session elicited 31% of high HRV coherence. This indicated a preliminary observation that finger calligraphy and Guqin music listening both improved one's emotion regulation, and that this effect could mean a shortening of intervention duration as well as an application of both treatments with the use of a smart phone or a hand-held tablet.
The second session with finger writing of calligraphy further demonstrated a brain activation elicitation of 31% high and 69% medium HRV coherence ratios, showing that the heart and brain were interacting under a balanced state. We believe this practice contributed to increased emotion regulation from 55% to 68% of high HRV coherence through an increase in attention and concentration that are associated with the practice of calligraphy (Kao, 2000).
Results are discussed from the theories of HRV coherence and heart--brain interactions (McCarty, et al, 2009).
Reference:
Lam, S.P.W., Kao, H.S.R., Fung, M.M.Y. (2012) Calligraphy-Guqin for Brain Health and Emotion. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. B-082c. In press.
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