A healthy heart is not a metronome: An integrative review of the heart’s anatomy and heart rate variability

Heart rate variability (HRV), the change in the time intervals between adjacent heartbeats, is an emergent property of interdependent regulatory systems that operate on different time scales to adapt to challenges and achieve optimal performance. This article briefly reviews neural regulation of the...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Fredric Bruce Shaffer, Rollin eMcCraty, Christopher L. Zerr
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Subjects:	Heart rate variability neurocardiology biofeedback interventions psychophysiological coherence emotional self-regulation
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01040/full