To give some context, I have a background in acoustics but I am now conducting research in biomedical engineering. I'm guessing the practices and requirements when measuring human participants is different, so I though I would like to ask the biomedical community for recommendations to do it right.
I will be measuring and collecting data from the heart-rate (HR) and heart-rate variability (HRV) of participants while being exposed to sound. I ensuring that everything is safe and I am in the process of obtaining ethics permission to do these experiments. No personal information of the participants will be acquired other than gender and age.
Still, what are the considerations I should have when acquiring this sort of data considering I would like to publish its results. Number of participants? What sort of pre-screening? The way data is presented? Statistical approaches for analyzing the data?
Thank you in advance!
What are you looking for when you expose the participant to sound? Is it a loud sound? A pleasant sound?
One thing that may be important is whether the subject is taking any medication that affects heart rate or vagal tone.
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