top of page

Do longer exhalations increase HRV during slow-paced breathing?




Zachary Meehan and Fred Shaffer systematically reviewed 11 inhalation-to-exhalation (I/E) ratio HRV studies using the revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool. They describe two Truman State University Center for Applied Psychophysiology experiments that addressed methodological flaws in previous I/E research. They concluded that although longer I/E ratios do not reliably increase HRV, they may be desirable for other reasons.


We invite you to download this article from Springer Nature.

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

Zachary Meehan and Fred Shaffer are pictured below.

Zachary M. Meehan
Fred Shaffer


AAPB 54th Annual Meeting


AAPB Conference


Learn More

Visit our growing Biofeedback and Neurofeedback Galleries. New additions include Julian Thayer, Mari Swingle, Jon Walker, and Leah Lagos.

Julian Thayer
Mari Swingle

Jon Walker
Leah Lagos


Recent Posts

See All
bottom of page