Clinical research on the beneficial effects induced by slow-paced breathing has been
increasingly extended in the past twenty years. Improvements in cardiovascular functioning …

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 …

Heart rate variability (HRV) has been associated with various diseases and reflects
autonomic cardiac control sensitive to central nervous system function. Examples of the …

It is increasingly being recognized that active control of breathing-a key aspect of ancient
Vedic meditative practices, can relieve stress and anxiety and improve cognition. However …

Abstract Study Objectives Insomnia is common in older adults, and is associated with poor
health, including cognitive impairment and cardio-metabolic disease. Although the …

This study aims to uncover brain areas that are functionally linked to complex cardiovascular
oscillations in resting-state conditions. Multi-session functional magnetic resonance imaging …

Background: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) denotes decrease of cardiac beat-to-beat
intervals (RRI) during inspiration and RRI increase during expiration, but an inverse pattern …

Respiration protocols have been developed to manipulate mental states, including their use
for therapeutic purposes. In this systematic review, we discuss evidence that respiration may …

Slow oscillations of different center frequencies and their coupling play an important role in
brain-body interactions. The crucial question analyzed by us is, whether the low frequency …

Brain-body interactions can be studied by using directed coupling measurements of fMRI
oscillations in the low (0.1–0.2 Hz) and high frequency bands (HF; 0.2–0.4 Hz). Recently, a …