The extensive research the Institute of HeartMath has conducted and participated in over the past 19 years, along with independent research closely related to IHM areas of study, are available to the general public in the publications on this site. HeartMath greatly appreciates the contributions of neurocardiologists, psychologists, physicians, professors, physicists and many other professional people from the fields of science, medicine and education who have made these publications possible.
Although there are sections where the material is technical and academic in tone, we have reviewed these publications and believe the layperson and clinician alike will find much to interest them, challenge what they know and spark a desire for further understanding of the human heart, brain and emotions – areas of research in which IHM is a recognized world leader.
We at HeartMath encourage and invite you to read and learn about these and many other fascinating subjects examined in our research publications. So, sit back, relax and enlighten your heart and mind to a wealth of knowledge about stress and emotional management, your intelligent heart, heart-brain interactions, emotional physiology and energetics, the physiology of learning and much more.
Research Publications
Within each grouping, entries are ordered by year of publication, with most recent publications listed first.
* Studies marked by an asterisk are listed under more than one heading.
† Signifies studies conducted by independent institutions.
Basic Research—Psychophysiology of Emotions and Heart–Brain Interactions
The Grateful Heart: The Psychophysiology of Appreciation
R. McCraty, D. Childre
Chapter published in: The Psychology of Gratitude,
edited by R. A. Emmons and M. E. McCullough. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004: 230-255.
The Heart Reinnervates After Transplantation
D. A. Murphy, G. W. Thompson, J. L. Ardell, R. McCraty, R. S. Stevenson, V. E. Sangalang, R. Cardinal, M. Wilkinson, S. Craig, F. M. Smith, J. G. Kingma, J. A. Armour
Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000;69(6):1769-1781.
Head-Heart Entrainment: A Preliminary Survey
R. McCraty, W. A. Tiller, M. Atkinson
Paper presented at the Key West Brain-Mind, Applied Neurophysiology, EEG Biofeedback 4th Annual Advanced Colloquium, Key West, FL, 1996.
For the full 372 page e-Book version of the Reducing Test Anxiety and Improving Test Performance in American’s Schools: Summary of Results From The TestEdge National Demonstration Study, Click here.
Modulation of DNA Conformation by Heart-Focused Intention
R. McCraty, M. Atkinson, D. Tomasino
HeartMath Research Center, Institute of HeartMath, Publication No. 03-008. Boulder Creek, CA, 2003.
The Electricity of Touch: Detection and Measurement of Cardiac Energy Exchange Between People
R. McCraty, M. Atkinson, D. Tomasino, W.A. Tiller
In: K. H. Pribram, ed. Brain and Values: Is a Biological Science of Values Possible. Proceedings of the Fifth Appalachian Conference on Behavioral Neurodynamics. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1998: 359-379.
New Technology Provides Scientific Evidence of Water’s Capacity to Store and Amplify Weak Electromagnetic and Subtle Energy Fields
D. Tomasino
HeartMath Research Center, Institute of HeartMath, Publication No. 97-002. Boulder Creek, CA, 1997.
The following dissertations involve research on the HeartMath interventions. Downloadable versions of the full dissertations will be available in the near future.
Can Stress Be Reduced By Using Heart Coherence?†
Jolant van den Haspel
Master Thesis, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Experimental and Work Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands, 2009. Thesis in Dutch.
