Increasing coordination and responsivity of emotion-related brain regions with a heart rate variability biofeedback randomized trial

K Nashiro, J Min, HJ Yoo, C Cho, SL Bachman… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2023 - Springer
Heart rate variability is a robust biomarker of emotional well-being, consistent with the
shared brain networks regulating emotion regulation and heart rate. While high heart rate …

How heart rate variability affects emotion regulation brain networks

M Mather, JF Thayer - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Breathing at a 10-s (. 1 Hz) rate typically increases amplitude of heart rate
oscillations.•Daily practice increasing heart rate oscillations improves emotional well …

Changes in medial prefrontal cortex mediate effects of heart rate variability biofeedback on positive emotional memory biases

C Cho, HJ Yoo, J Min, K Nashiro, JF Thayer… - Applied …, 2023 - Springer
Previous research suggests that implicit automatic emotion regulation relies on the medial
prefrontal cortex (mPFC). However, most of the human studies supporting this hypothesis …

The influence of heart rate variability biofeedback on cardiac regulation and functional brain connectivity

A Schumann, F de la Cruz, S Köhler, L Brotte… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background Heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback has a beneficial impact on perceived
stress and emotion regulation. However, its impact on brain function is still unclear. In this …

Heart rate variability (HRV) changes and cortical volume changes in a randomized trial of five weeks of daily HRV biofeedback in younger and older adults

HJ Yoo, K Nashiro, J Min, C Cho, SL Bachman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Previous studies indicate that the structure and function of medial prefrontal cortex (PFC)
and lateral orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) are associated with heart rate variability (HRV) …

Heart rate variability is associated with amygdala functional connectivity with MPFC across younger and older adults

M Sakaki, HJ Yoo, L Nga, TH Lee, JF Thayer, M Mather - Neuroimage, 2016 - Elsevier
The ability to regulate emotion is crucial to promote well-being. Evidence suggests that the
medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and adjacent anterior cingulate (ACC) modulate amygdala …

Structural covariance of the prefrontal-amygdala pathways associated with heart rate variability

L Wei, H Chen, GR Wu - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The neurovisceral integration model has shown a key role of the amygdala in neural circuits
underlying heart rate variability (HRV) modulation, and suggested that reciprocal …

The link between resting heart rate variability and affective flexibility

M Grol, R De Raedt - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 - Springer
The neurovisceral integration model aims to account for the complex interplay between
physiological, cognitive, and emotion regulation processes through their support by common …

Global data-driven analysis of brain connectivity during emotion regulation by electroencephalography neurofeedback

A Dehghani, H Soltanian-Zadeh… - Brain …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Emotion regulation by neurofeedback involves interactions among multiple
brain regions, including prefrontal cortex and subcortical regions. Previous studies focused …

Neural correlates of heart rate variability during emotion

RD Lane, K McRae, EM Reiman, K Chen, GL Ahern… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
The vagal (high frequency [HF]) component of heart rate variability (HRV) predicts survival in
post-myocardial infarction patients and is considered to reflect vagal antagonism of …