Mindfulness as self-regulated attention: Associations with heart rate variability

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 135-139

  Burg, Jan M ^a   Wolf, Oliver T ^a   Michalak, Johannes ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HILDESHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Heart rate variability; Mindfulness; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867410943     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185/a000080     Document Type: Article

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