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Slow breathing

Intervention

1 paper studies it2 findings

Across all fields, 1 paper: 1 trial in people

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: Academy of Finland and 2 more
  • Human trial1

Outcomes

2

Cognitive function

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Slow breathing improves cognitive function in humans.

    “Following slow breathing, vagal modulation transferred to cognitive performance, enhancing stimulus-response (S-R) learning”

    Human trial2 minutes

    Taking twelve slow breaths enhances cardiovascular and cognitive plasticity in young and older adults

    Preprint

Variability in beat-to-beat cardiovascular dynamics

upin humans1

1 study

  1. Slow breathing increases variability in beat-to-beat cardiovascular dynamics in humans.

    “Two minutes of slow breathing increased vagal regulation of the heart, enhancing variability in beat-to-beat cardiovascular dynamics.”

    Human trial2 minutes

    Taking twelve slow breaths enhances cardiovascular and cognitive plasticity in young and older adults

    Preprint

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