Claim BRE-01
Claim BRE-01
Breathing at about six breaths a minute raises vagally mediated heart-rate variability while you do it; the effect fades afterwards.
- Its mark
- Known. Supported by robust, replicated evidence and accepted by the relevant scientific mainstream. Solid ground.
- Basis
- finding. A claim about how the world is, answerable to evidence.
- Where it appears in the book
- Chapter 12, The Door That Swings Both Ways
- How it was checked
- Checked against the source
Sources
- Laborde, S., Allen, M. S., Borges, U., et al. (2022). Psychophysiological effects of slow-paced breathing at six cycles per minute with or without heart rate variability biofeedback. Psychophysiology, 59, e13952. DOI 10.1111/psyp.13952
- Lehrer, P. M., & Gevirtz, R. (2014). Heart rate variability biofeedback: how and why does it work? Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 756. DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00756
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