Intermittent Oxygen Fasting and Digital Technologies: from Antistress and Hormones Regulation to Wellbeing, Bliss and Higher Mental States

A Drigas, E Mitsea, C Skianis - Technium BioChemMed, 2022 - techniumscience.com
Low oxygen breathing has been the subject of considerable research in recent years. The
present review aims to determine the physiological and neuropsychological benefits of low …

Resilience to potential trauma and adversity through regulatory flexibility

GA Bonanno, S Chen, IR Galatzer-Levy - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
Responses to highly aversive or potentially traumatic events are typically defined in terms of
binary outcomes, most commonly the presence or absence of post-traumatic stress disorder …

Breathing, attention & consciousness in sync: The role of breathing training, metacognition & virtual reality

E Mitsea, A Drigas, C Skianis - Technium Soc. Sci. J., 2022 - HeinOnline
The purpose of the current review study is to shed light on the relationship between
respiration and attention. Specifically, we examined whether and how respiration can …

Advances in fMRI real-time neurofeedback

T Watanabe, Y Sasaki, K Shibata, M Kawato - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback in
which real-time online fMRI signals are used to self-regulate brain function. Since its advent …

Virtual reality biofeedback in health: a scoping review

R Lüddecke, A Felnhofer - Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback, 2022 - Springer
Over the past decades, virtual reality (VR) has found its way into biofeedback (BF) therapy
programs. Using VR promises to overcome challenges encountered in traditional BF such …

Current progress in real-time functional magnetic resonance-based neurofeedback: Methodological challenges and achievements

C Paret, N Goldway, C Zich, JN Keynan, T Hendler… - NeuroImage, 2019 - Elsevier
Neurofeedback (NF) is a research and clinical technique, characterized by live
demonstration of brain activation to the subject. The technique has become increasingly …

Neurofeedback through the lens of reinforcement learning

N Lubianiker, C Paret, P Dayan, T Hendler - Trends in Neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
Despite decades of experimental and clinical practice, the neuropsychological mechanisms
underlying neurofeedback (NF) training remain obscure. NF is a unique form of …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality-supported biofeedback for stress management: Beneficial effects on heart rate variability and user experience

RP Weibel, JI Kerr, M Naegelin, A Ferrario… - Computers in Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) is frequently used for stress management.
Recently, virtual reality technology has gained attention for delivery, promising higher …

Virtual reality in the application of heart rate variability biofeedback

C Rockstroh, J Blum, AS Göritz - International Journal of Human-Computer …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) is an established technique for reducing stress
and regaining balance of the autonomic nervous system. The present study explored (1) the …

Neurofeedback: One of today's techniques in psychiatry?

M Arns, JM Batail, S Bioulac, M Congedo, C Daudet… - L'encephale, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives Neurofeedback is a technique that aims to teach a subject to regulate a brain
parameter measured by a technical interface to modulate his/her related brain and cognitive …