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Summary High school seniors who received a 3-week training in HeartMath learning enhancement skills demonstrated substantial improvements in test scores and passing rates on state-required Math and Reading tests. Students also experienced significant reductions in hostility, depression and other key...

Background Whether cardiac reinnervation occurs after transplantation remains controversial. If reinnervation does occur, how sympathetic and parasympathetic efferent neurons do this remains unknown. Methods Power spectral analysis of heart rate variability was assessed for 1 year after cardiac...

This presentation will cover the background, purpose and uses of a new approach to stress management training that has broad-based applications in schools, blood pressure control and other health-related areas, sports performance and workplace stress reduction. It is a computerbased training and hea...

This research examined the effect of an Inner Quality Management (IQM) training program on 54 employees in the Information Technology Services Division of a state agency which was experiencing change-related turmoil. Measures of personal and organizational quality in the trained employees were...

Unmanaged emotional reactions to stress not only lead to behavior problems in young people but also create physiological conditions that inhibit learning and potentially increase the risk of disease later in life. For these reasons, the integration of emotional self-management skills training progra...

There is considerable scientific rationale to support the use of music to enhance immunity via its powerful influence on emotions. Music’s ability to alter mood and emotional state has long been known experientially, and more recently has been scientifically documented. Likewise, it is well re...

The concept of an energy exchange between individuals is central to many of the healing arts that involve contact or proximity between practitioner and patient. One main obstacle to the acceptance of these therapies by Western science has been the lack of a plausible mechanism to explain the nature...

Emotional stress directly impacts autonomic nervous system function and is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. This study examined the effects of a new stress management intervention, ‘Freeze-Frame,’ on autonomic regulation of the heart and sympathovagal balance, assess...

Objectives This study sought to define the effects of age and gender effects on the normal range of time domain heart rate variability (HRV) over nine decades in healthy subjects. Background Low HRV is considered an independent marker of mortality risk. However, the age-related decline in HRV may li...

This study investigated the impact of different types of music on tension, mood, and mental clarity. A total of 144 subjects completed a psychological profile before and after listening for 15 minutes to four types of music (grunge rock, classical, New Age, and designer). With grunge rock...