Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback, Self-Regulation, and Severe Brain Injury – HeartMath Institute
This article describes a study using heart rate variability (HRV) biofeedback to treat emotional dysregulation in 13 individuals with severe chronic brain injury. Measures included HRV indices, tests of attention and problem solving, and informant reports of behavioral regulation. Results demonstrated that individuals with severe brain injury were able to learn HRV biofeedback and increase coherence…
Where Published: Biofeedback Association for Applied Psychophysiology & Biofeedback Spring 2015, Volume 43, Issue 1, pp. 6–14, www.aapb.org.
Authors: Sonya Kim, Ph.D., CRC; Joseph F. Rath, Ph.D.; Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.; Vance Zemon, Ph.D.; Marie M. Cavallo, Ph.D.; Frederick W. Foley, Ph.D.
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