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Slow-paced contraction to increase heart rate variability

The low-frequency (LF) band (0.04-0.15 Hz) is affected by breathing from ~3-9 bpm (Task Force, 1996). The baroreflex system’s resonance...

Some individuals do not experience illness or psychological distress when exposed to adverse life events and hassles. Although they may...

Cannon (1942) studied voodoo deaths in shamanistic cultures and published speculation about how beliefs can produce lethal cascades of...

The earliest recording of human brain electrical activity was in 1875. Researchers have found the study of the human EEG a fascinating...

Whereas two different feedback thermometers should register the same room temperature, we can't assume the same for two electromyographs'...

Clinicians place active electrodes over the target muscle belly (i.e., central region) to record its full voltage. Graphic adapted from...

A practitioner's scope of practice defines the services they may legally provide under their license or supervisor's license under state...

The electrocardiograph (ECG) and photoplethysmograph (PPG) are two methods of detecting heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV)....

Thalamic pacemakers produce the alpha rhythm through bidirectional connections with the cortex. Graphic © SciePro/Shutterstock.com. When...

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is the speeding and slowing of the heart across each breathing cycle. RSA is the primary and entirely...

Heart rate (HR) is important because a high rate can reduce heart rate variability (HRV), the changes in the time intervals between...