Dynamic correlations between heart and brain rhythm during autogenic meditation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Kim, Dae Keun ^a   Lee, Kyung Mi ^a   Kim, Jongwha ^b   Whang, Min Cheol ^b   Kang, Seung Wan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sangmyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EEG; Heart brain synchronicity; Heart coherence; HRV; Lagged coherence; Meditation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN RHYTHM; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART COHERENCE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDITATION; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 84933680032     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00414     Document Type: Article

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