Abstract
Introduction: Chronic exposure to negative media content is associated with increased anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular morbidity. We propose that this effect is mediated by a resonance mechanism operating on two levels: a neurophysiological level (amygdala-HPA axis) and an informational level (heart-Higgs field). We integrate the “Ψ_stress ” model with the formalism of Cardiocentric Scalar Somatognostics (Fabbroni & Pedrazzini, 2026), which defines health as Golden Resonance—that is, the condition in which the ratio between the frequency of the Higgs Field (ω_Higgs ) and the natural frequency of the Soul (ω_n ) equals the Golden Ratio (Φ=1.618 ).
Objective: To develop a unified mathematical model that describes media resonance as a phase shift from the Golden Ratio, measurable through Heart Rate Variability (HRV). To validate the model by extrapolating data from 19 existing studies.
Methods: We integrated the forced oscillator model (Ψ_stress ) with the Informed Scalar Soliton formalism (Φ_n (xⓜ,t)=ϕ_n (x) e^i(ω_n t+θ_n ) ). We defined the cardiac coherence functionC_HRV as a function of the distance from the golden ratio (Δ=∣ω_Higgs/ω_n-Φ∣ ) and the phase shift (θ_n ). We extrapolated quantitative data from 19 published studies (2017–2025) across the six identified domains.
Results: The unified model demonstrates that:
Golden Resonance (ω_Higgs/ω_n=Φ,θ ̇_n=0 ) corresponds to maximum cardiac coherence (C_HRV^max ) and maximum HRV values (RMSSD, SDNN).
The distance from the Golden Ratio (Δ ) is inversely proportional to HRV and directly proportional to the stress response (Ψ_stress ).
The mass media, acting as external forces, produce a phase shift (Δθ_n ) that moves the system away from Golden Resonance, reducing cardiac coherence and increasingΨ_stress by 42.3%.
The CRD protocol, by focusing on awareness and breathing, realigns the system with the Golden Ratio, increasingC_HRV and reducingΨ_stress by 64.1%.
The correspondence between model predictions and empirical observations is high: mean R² = 0.82, mean RMSE = 5.1%.
Conclusions: The unified model provides a profound explanation of the media’s impact on health, interpreting it as a perturbation of the heart’s informational coherence. HRV is confirmed as a clinical tool for measuring the distance from Golden Resonance. The CRD protocol represents a validated realignment method.

Key words: Mass media, resonance, Cardiocentric Scalar Somatognosics, Golden Section, Heart Rate Variabi-lity, phase shift, cardiac coherence.