Effects of voluntary slow breathing on heart rate and heart rate variability: A systematic review and a meta-analysis

S Laborde, MS Allen, U Borges, F Dosseville… - Neuroscience & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Voluntary slow breathing (VSB) is used as a prevention technique to support physical and
mental health, given it is suggested to influence the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) …

Heart rate variability and slow-paced breathing: when coherence meets resonance

C Sevoz-Couche, S Laborde - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Clinical research on the beneficial effects induced by slow-paced breathing has been
increasingly extended in the past twenty years. Improvements in cardiovascular functioning …

[HTML][HTML] Breathing rhythm and pattern and their influence on emotion

S Ashhad, K Kam, CA Del Negro… - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Breathing is a vital rhythmic motor behavior with a surprisingly broad influence on the brain
and body. The apparent simplicity of breathing belies a complex neural control system, the …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide to resonance frequency assessment for heart rate variability biofeedback

F Shaffer, ZM Meehan - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heart rate variability (HRV) represents fluctuations in the time intervals between successive
heartbeats, which are termed interbeat intervals. HRV is an emergent property of complex …

A scoping review of heart rate variability in sport and exercise psychology

E Mosley, S Laborde - International Review of Sport and Exercise …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Sport and Exercise Psychology (SEP) often adopts physiological markers in
theory and practice, and one measure receiving increasing attention is heart rate variability …

[HTML][HTML] Methods for heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB): A systematic review and guidelines

JF Lalanza, S Lorente, R Bullich, C García… - Applied …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB) has been widely used to improve
cardiovascular health and well-being. HRVB is based on breathing at an individual's …

Psychophysiological effects of slow‐paced breathing at six cycles per minute with or without heart rate variability biofeedback

S Laborde, MS Allen, U Borges, M Iskra… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback, referring to slow‐paced breathing (SPB) realized
while visualizing a heart rate, HRV, and/or respiratory signal, has become an adjunct …

[HTML][HTML] Brain-heart interactions are modulated across the respiratory cycle via interoceptive attention

A Zaccaro, MG Perrucci, E Parrotta, M Costantini… - NeuroImage, 2022 - Elsevier
Respiration and heartbeat continuously interact within the living organism at many different
levels, representing two of the main oscillatory rhythms of the body and providing major …

[HTML][HTML] Keeping the breath in mind: Respiration, neural oscillations, and the free energy principle

A Boyadzhieva, E Kayhan - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Scientific interest in the brain and body interactions has been surging in recent years. One
fundamental yet underexplored aspect of brain and body interactions is the link between the …

Psychophysiological responses to various slow, deep breathing techniques

A Gholamrezaei, I Van Diest, Q Aziz… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Deep breathing exercises are commonly used for several health conditions including pain
and hypertension. Various techniques are available to practice deep breathing, whereas …