Heart rate variability biofeedback: How and why does it work?

In recent years there has been substantial support for Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback (HRVB) as a treatment for a variety of disorders and for performance enhancement (Gevirtz, 2013). Since conditions as widely varied as asthma and depression seem to respond to this form of cardiorespiratory fe...

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Main Authors: Paul M Lehrer, Richard eGevirtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00756/full