The Effect of Mental States on Blood Pressure and Electrocardiogram

This paper describes the effect of mental states on blood pressure and electrocardiogram (ECG). Blood pressure and ECG were recorded before and during four types of mental task. The mental task involved the four tasks that encompassed motor action (MA), Thoughts (TH), memory related (MR) and emotions (EM). Blood pressure and ECG were recorded using BIOPAC system. These variables were analyzed using BIOPAC acknowledge software. In MA and TH tasks, significant changes were observed in blood pressure, although during MR and EM tasks there were no significant changes in it. The present study demonstrated the changes in ECG during MR and EM tasks. But there were no significant changes in ECG during MA and TH tasks.