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    "description": "These recommendations distinguish resting, reactivity and recovery measurements. Raw ECG, recording length, artefact handling and respiration all affect interpretation. Recordings shorter than the commonly used five-minute window need metric-specific validation of comparability.",
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      "title": "Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Vagal Tone in Psychophysiological Research - Recommendations for Experiment Planning, Data Analysis, and Data Reporting",
      "authors": "Sylvain Laborde · Emma Mosley · Julian F. Thayer",
      "journal": "Frontiers in Psychology",
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        "id": "laborde-2017",
        "title": "Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Vagal Tone in Psychophysiological Research - Recommendations for Experiment Planning, Data Analysis, and Data Reporting",
        "authors": "Sylvain Laborde · Emma Mosley · Julian F. Thayer",
        "journal": "Frontiers in Psychology",
        "year": "2017",
        "url": "https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00213",
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          "These recommendations distinguish resting, reactivity and recovery measurements. Raw ECG, recording length, artefact handling and respiration all affect interpretation. Recordings shorter than the commonly used five-minute window need metric-specific validation of comparability."
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        "title": "Scope & limitations",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Methodological recommendations for psychophysiological HRV research; no new clinical trial sample.",
          "Monitoring respiration does not imply automatic respiratory adjustment for every resting spontaneous-breathing recording; task-related breathing changes require care. Reporting guidance does not validate a device or clinical predictor, and filter settings cannot be transferred without checking."
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          "Methodological recommendations for psychophysiological HRV research; no new clinical trial sample."
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          "Study design, rest/reactivity/recovery, ECG and interbeat intervals, signal cleaning and statistical reporting."
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          "Interpretability and reproducibility of HRV measures related to cardiac vagal regulation."
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          "Five minutes is a common short-recording reference; other durations require metric- and question-specific validation."
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          "German Sport University Cologne, grant HIFF 920147."
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          "The authors declared no commercial or financial relationships that could constitute a conflict."
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        "id": "basis",
        "title": "Reading scope",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Full-text rest/reactivity/recovery framework, equipment, recording length, artefacts and respiration. Particular devices and windows require corresponding independent validation studies."
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