Heart rate variability biofeedback reduces food cravings in high food cravers

Applied Psychophysiology Biofeedback

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-251

  Meule, Adrian ^a   Freund, Rebecca ^a   Skirde, Ann Kathrin ^a   Vögele, Claus ^b   Kübler, Andrea ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofeedback; Cardiac autonomic regulation; Eating behavior; Food cravings; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; EATING DISORDERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872321771     PISSN: 10900586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10484-012-9197-y     Document Type: Article

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