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[Research] Daily Stress and Heart Rate Variability Among Mindfulness Meditation Practitioners: mHealth Observational Study

A research group including Assistant Professor Atsushi Niida (Division of Genome Science, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo), Professor Koji Yatani (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo), and Professor Kazutoshi Sasahara (Department of Innovation Science, School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo) has revealed the relationship between daily stress and heart rate variability (HRV) in mindfulness meditation practitioners through a mobile health (mHealth) observational study using smartwatches and smartphones.

The research results were published online in JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH on May 29, 2026.

Meditation increases heart rate variability.

Publication Information

Title of paper：Daily Stress and Heart Rate Variability Among Mindfulness Meditation Practitioners: mHealth Observational Study
Authors：Jo Takezawa, Shixian Geng, Masahiro Fujino, Mika Miyake, Kazutoshi Sasahara, Koji Yatani, Atsushi Niida
DOI:10.2196/78244
URL:https://doi.org/10.2196/78244

(This English article was translated with the assistance of AI.)