Do mental health changes in nature co-occur with changes in heartrate variability and executive functioning? A systematic review

S LoTemplio, JE Bettmann, E Scott… - Current Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Given the global burden of mental health issues, new solutions
are needed to promote mental health. Nature exposure represents a promising option to …

Changes in negative emotions across five weeks of HRV biofeedback intervention were mediated by changes in resting heart rate variability

H Jung, HJ Yoo, P Choi, K Nashiro, J Min… - Applied …, 2024 - Springer
Resting heart rate variability (HRV) is typically higher in those with better emotional well-
being. In the current study, we examined whether changes in resting HRV mediated …

[HTML][HTML] Key targets of signal transduction neural mechanisms in acupuncture treatment of cardiovascular diseases: Hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system

X Zhou, J Zhou, F Zhang, Q Shu, Y Wu, H Chang… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. As a
traditional Chinese treatment method, acupuncture has a unique role in restoring the …

Multimodal neuroimaging data from a 5-week heart rate variability biofeedback randomized clinical trial

HJ Yoo, K Nashiro, J Min, C Cho, N Mercer… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
We present data from the Heart Rate Variability and Emotion Regulation (HRV-ER)
randomized clinical trial testing effects of HRV biofeedback. Younger (N= 121) and older (N …

Daily heart rate variability biofeedback training decreases locus coeruleus MRI contrast in younger adults in a randomized clinical trial

SL Bachman, S Cole, HJ Yoo, K Nashiro, J Min… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
As an arousal hub region in the brain, the locus coeruleus (LC) has bidirectional
connections with the autonomic nervous system. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based …

Heart rate variability biofeedback in a global study of the most common coherence frequencies and the impact of emotional states

S Balaji, N Plonka, M Atkinson, M Muthu… - Scientific Reports, 2025 - nature.com
This global study analyzed data from the largest dataset ever studied in the Heart Rate
Variability (HRV) biofeedback field, comprising 1.8 million user sessions collected from …

The effects of laser acupuncture dosage at PC6 (Neiguan) on brain reactivity: a pilot resting-state fMRI study

YC Chang, CM Chen, IS Lay, YC Lee… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Previous studies indicated that laser acupuncture (LA) may effectively treat various medical
conditions. However, brain responses associated with LA intervention have not been fully …

Heart rate variability biofeedback for mild traumatic brain injury: a randomized-controlled study

HC Lu, R Gevirtz, CC Yang, AO Hauson - Applied psychophysiology and …, 2023 - Springer
To determine whether heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) training, compared to a
psychoeducation control condition can strengthen the integration of the central and …

Daily biofeedback to modulate heart rate oscillations affects structural volume in hippocampal subregions targeted by the locus coeruleus in older adults but not …

HJ Yoo, K Nashiro, S Dutt, J Min, C Cho, JF Thayer… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using data from a clinical trial, we tested the hypothesis that daily sessions modulating heart
rate oscillations affect older adults' volume of a region-of-interest (ROI) comprised of …

Gender moderates the association between resting vagally mediated heart rate variability and attentional control

X Zhang, S Wang, Y Sun, Y Ding - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Women typically exhibit weaker attentional control ability than men. Lower
resting vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) is thought to reflect the poorer …