Respiratory sinus arrhythmia feedback in a stressed population exposed to a brief stressor demonstrated by quantitative EEG and sLORETA

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Sherlin, Leslie ^a,b,c   Muench, Fred ^e,f   Wyckoff, Sarah ^a,b,c,d  

^a Nova Tech EEG Inc   (United States)

^b Southwest College Naturopathic Med   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX   (United States)

^d East Valley Neurofeedback and Peak Performance Center   (United States)

^e Helicor   (United States)

^f The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Biofeedback; EEG; Heart rate variability; QEEG; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; SLORETA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956933566     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-010-9132-z     Document Type: Article

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