* Co-first/co-last author
RESEARCH ARTICLES
F.E. Rosas, P.A.M. Mediano, C. Timmermann, A.I. Luppi, D. Candia-Rivera, S. Muthukumaraswamy, D. Borj, S. Garfinkel, R.L. Carhart-Harris
The entropic heart: Tracking the psychedelic state via heart rate dynamics.
Preprint: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.07.566008
D. Candia-Rivera*, S. Carrion-Falgarona*, M. Chavez, F. de Vico Fallani, S. Charpier, S. Mahon.
Brain-heart interplay at near-death informs resuscitation outcome
D. Candia-Rivera.
Interoceptive machine framework: From enhancements in autonomy and adaptivity, to near-conscious artificial agents
D. Candia-Rivera, M. Chavez, F. De Vico Fallani, M.-C. Corsi.
Imagined movement increases the segregation of brain-heart networks
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.21.683635
D. Candia-Rivera, P. Pouget, M. Chavez.
Cardiac-neurovascular crosstalk: Cardiac sympathetic rhythms inform maladaptive cerebral autoregulation and constrained ventilatory status
https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.21.683641
D. Candia-Rivera.
Bodily self-consciousness supports motor imagery
REVIEW ARTICLES
[R3] D. Candia-Rivera, L. Faes, F. de Vico Fallani, M. Chavez.
Measures and Models of Brain-Heart Interactions.
IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering (IF: 12, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1109/RBME.2025.3529363
RESEARCH ARTICLES
[J27] D. Candia-Rivera, S. Carrion-Falgarona, F. de Vico Fallani, M. Chavez.
Modeling the time-resolved modulations of cardiac activity in rats: A study on pharmacological autonomic stimulation.
Journal of Physiology (IF: 4.4, Q1)
RESEARCH ARTICLES
[J26] B. Hermann, S. Benghanem, E. Pruvost-Robieux, T. Sharshar, M. Gavaret, A. Cariou, JL. Diehl, D. Candia-Rivera
Brain-heart interactions are associated with mortality and acute encephalopathy in ICU patients with severe COVID-19
Clinical Neurophysiology (IF: 3.6, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2025.2110745
[J25] D. Candia-Rivera, F. de Vico Fallani, R. Boehme , P.C. Salamone.
Linking heartbeats with the cortical network dynamics involved in self-social touch distinction.
Communications Biology (IF: 5.2, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-07448-z
[J24] D. Candia-Rivera, R. Boehme , P.C. Salamone.
Autonomic modulations to cardiac dynamics in response to affective touch: Differences between social touch and self-touch.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing (IF: 9.8, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1109/TAFFC.2025.3548778
[J23] D. Candia-Rivera, F. de Vico Fallani, M. Chavez.
Robust and time-resolved estimation of cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic indices
Royal Society Open Science (IF: 2.9, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240750
[J22] D. Candia-Rivera and M. Chavez.
A method for dyadic cardiac rhythmicity analysis: Preliminary evidence on bilateral interactions in fetal-maternal cardiac dynamics
Experimental Physiology (IF: 2.8, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1113/EP092532
[J21] D. Candia-Rivera and M. Chavez.
Cardiac-vagal rhythm echoes on the heartbeat's mechanosensory imprint in the brain
Communications Biology (IF: 5.2, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08969-x
REVIEW ARTICLES
[R2] D. Candia-Rivera, T. Engelen, M. Babo-Rebelo, P.C. Salamone.
Interoception, network physiology and the emergence of bodily self-awareness
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews (IF: 7.9, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105864
RESEARCH ARTICLES
[J20] D. Candia-Rivera, M. Chavez, F. de Vico Fallani.
Measures of the coupling between fluctuating brain network organization and heartbeat dynamics.
Network Neuroscience (IF: 3.1, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00369
[J19] D. Candia-Rivera, M. Vidailhet, M. Chavez, F. de Vico Fallani.
A framework for quantifying the coupling between brain connectivity and heartbeat dynamics: Insights into the disrupted network physiology in Parkinson's disease.
Human Brain Mapping (IF: 3.3, Q1)
https://www.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26668
[J18] V. Catrambone*, D. Candia-Rivera*, G. Valenza.
Intracortical brain–heart interplay: an EEG model source study of sympathovagal changes.
Human Brain Mapping (IF: 3.3, Q1)
https://www.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26677
[J17] B. Hermann*, D. Candia-Rivera*, T. Sharshar, M. Gavaret, J. Diehl, A. Cariou, S. Benghanem.
Aberrant brain-heart coupling is associated with the severity of post-cardiac arrest brain injury.
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (IF: 3.9, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.52000
[J16] F.E. Rosas, D. Candia-Rivera, A.I. Luppi, Y. Guo, P.A.M. Mediano.
Bayesian at heart: Towards autonomic outflow estimation via generative state-space modelling of heart rate dynamics.
Computers in Biology and Medicine (IF: 6.3, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107857
[J15] S. Benghanem, T. Sharshar, M. Gavaret, F. Dumas, J.-L. Diehl, N. Brechot, F. Picard, D. Candia-Rivera, F. Pène, J.-P. Mira, A. Cariou, B. Hermann
Heart rate variability markers for neuro-prognostication after cardiac arrest: insight from the Parisian registry
Resuscitation (IF: 4.6, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2024.110294
CONFERENCE ARTICLES
[C6] D. Candia-Rivera and M. Chavez.
Tracking of physiological responses to sleep apnea using robust cardiac sympathetic activity estimation
Proceedings of European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations (ESGCO)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ESGCO63003.2024.10766963
[C5] D. Candia-Rivera and M. Chavez.
Freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease increases cardiac sympathetic and parasympathetic indices
Proceedings of European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations (ESGCO)
https://doi.org/10.1109/ESGCO63003.2024.10767055
[J14] Candia-Rivera, F. Raimondo, P. Pérez, L. Naccache, C. Tallon-Baudry, J. D. Sitt.
Conscious processing of global and local auditory irregularities causes differentiated heartbeat-evoked responses.
eLife (IF: 6.4, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.75352
[J13] D. Candia-Rivera and C. Machado.
Multidimensional assessment of heartbeat-evoked responses in disorders of consciousness.
European Journal of Neuroscience (IF: 2.7, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.16079
[J12] D. Candia-Rivera.
Modeling brain-heart interactions from Poincaré plot-derived measures of sympathetic-vagal activity.
MethodsX (IF: 1.9, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2023.102116
[J11] D. Candia-Rivera, K. Norouzi, T. Z. Ramsøy, and G. Valenza.
Dynamic fluctuations in ascending heart-to-brain communication under mental stress.
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (IF: 2.8, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00251.2022
[J10] D. Candia-Rivera and C. Machado.
Reduced heartbeat-evoked responses in a near-death case report.
Journal of Clinical Neurology (Korean Neurological Association) (IF: 2.9, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2022.0415
[J9] A. Ghouse, D. Candia-Rivera, and G. Valenza.
Nonlinear neural patterns are revealed in high frequency functional near infrared spectroscopy analysis.
Brain Research Bulletin (IF: 3.5, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110759
[J8] Gagliardi, A.L. Alfeo, V. Catrambone, D. Candia-Rivera, M.G.C.A. Cimino, G. Valenza.
Improving emotion recognition systems by exploiting the spatial information of EEG sensors.
IEEE Access (IF: 3.6, Q1)
REVIEW ARTICLES
[R1] D. Candia-Rivera.
Brain-heart interactions in the neurobiology of consciousness.
Current Research in Neurobiology (indexed since 2024, Q1).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100050
RESEARCH ARTICLES
[J7] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone, J. Thayer, C. Gentili and G. Valenza.
Cardiac sympathetic-vagal activity initiates a functional brain-body response to emotional arousal.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (IF: 11.1, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2119599119
[J6] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone R. Barbieri, and G. Valenza.
Functional assessment of bidirectional cortical and peripheral neural control on heartbeat dynamics: a brain-heart study on thermal stress.
Neuroimage (IF: 5.7, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119023
[J5] D. Candia-Rivera and G. Valenza (2022).
Cluster permutation analysis for EEG series based on non-parametric Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney statistical tests.
SoftwareX (IF: 2.8, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2022.101170
[J4] D. Candia-Rivera, M. S. Sappia, J. M. Horschig, W. N. J. M. Colier, and G. Valenza.
Confounding effects of heart rate, breathing rate, and frontal fNIRS on interoception.
Scientific Reports (IF: 4.9, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25119-z
CONFERENCE ARTICLES
[C4] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone R. Barbieri, and G. Valenza.
A new framework for modeling the bidirectional interplay between brain oscillations and cardiac sympathovagal activity.
Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871169
[C3] A. Ghouse, D. Candia-Rivera, and G. Valenza.
Multivariate Pattern Analysis of Entropy estimates in Fast- and Slow-Wave Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy: A Preliminary Cognitive Stress study.
Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).
[J3] Candia-Rivera*, J. Annen*, O. Gosseries, C. Martial, A. Thibaut, S. Laureys and C. Tallon-Baudry.
Neural responses to heartbeats detect residual signs of consciousness during resting state in post-comatose patients.
Journal of Neuroscience (IF: 6.7, Q1)
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1740-20.2021
[J2] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone and G. Valenza.
The role of electroencephalography electrical reference in the assessment of functional brain–heart interplay: From methodology to user guidelines.
Journal of Neuroscience Methods (IF: 2.9, Q2)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2021.109269
[J1] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone, R. Barbieri and G. Valenza.
Integral Pulse Frequency Modulation Model Driven by Sympathovagal Dynamics: Synthetic vs. Real Heart Rate Variability.
Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (IF: 5, Q1)
[C2] Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone, and G. Valenza.
Methodological Considerations on EEG Electrical Reference: A Functional Brain-Heart Interplay Study.
Proceedings of IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).
https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9175226
[C1] D. Candia-Rivera, V. Catrambone, and G. Valenza.
The Role of EEG Electrical Reference in the Assessment of Functional Brain-Heart Interplay: A Preliminary Study.
Proceedings of European Study Group on Cardiovascular Oscillations (ESGCO).