Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
April 21, 2026
Ming Yu Claudia Wong, Suvi Saarikallio, Andrew Danso et al.
Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) programs have demonstrated benefits for psychological well-being, yet their neurophysiological mechanisms remain underexplored, particularly in naturalistic settings using portable electroencephalography (EEG). This study examined the effects of a six-week MSC program, Embracing Your Life (EYL), on stress response, brain activity, and self-compassion among Chinese...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
January 3, 2026
Amaiur Olarza, Goretti Soroa, Aitor Aritzeta et al.
Emotion regulation is essential for psychological development, and mindfulness has shown promise in enhancing emotional, cognitive, and physiological outcomes. However, traditional mindfulness practices can be challenging for children. Virtual reality offers an engaging platform to improve adherence, but its impact on children remains underexplored. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
December 22, 2025
Nitesh Sharma, Dushyant Soni, Manvi Jain et al.
This study has studied the impact of Gayatri Mantra (GM) meditation on emotional processing using event-related potentials (ERPs) and self-report measures. Twenty-four healthy male participants (M = 32.37, SD = 8.02 years) voluntarily participated in this study. Based on their self-reported daily routine practices, participants were categorized into two groups: meditation practitioners (n = 12)...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
November 7, 2025
Mamur Khan, Malaika Shakeel, Sana Muftah et al.
With the heavy academic demands for medical students, this research aimed to find the potential benefits of short-term mindfulness meditation in improving working memory among medical students, which may potentially have positive effects on their academics. Several previous studies have also shown the positive effects of mindfulness meditation in improving different cognitive functions,...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
July 26, 2025
Alexis Barbry, Éva Gál, Annie Carton et al.
3 citations
Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is considered as an objective assessment of stress, that considerably increased the last decades. The influence of Brief Mindfulness Meditation (BMM) on HRV contains gaps in the literature. This study aims to investigate the influence of BMM on HRV. A systematic search was conducted in four databases (i.e., PubMed NCBI, Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Web of Science)....
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
July 22, 2025
Saba Hassanvandi, Reza Mohammadzadegan, Seyed Hassan Saadat et al.
The current trial aimed to assess the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training on salivary cortisol and α-amylase levels, anxiety and depression of students. This research was an experimental trial with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. The statistical population of the research included all students studying in the universities of Khoy, Iran in 2021. The...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
July 11, 2025
Konrad Rudnicki, Luna Schepers, Koen Rummens et al.
1 citation
The growing popularity of application-based meditation has driven the development of new technological features in this field such as the use of cardiac biofeedback, aimed at helping users train their attention to interoceptive stimuli while meditating. However, despite the innovativeness of this approach, the effectiveness of cardiac biofeedback-assisted meditation in enhancing interoception...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
June 4, 2025
Qiuxia Xu, Yingqi Gu, Xizhe Hu
5 citations
Recent advancements in virtual reality (VR)-enhanced mindfulness training have demonstrated efficacy in reducing anxiety, particularly among novice practitioners and university students. However, existing VR mindfulness interventions predominantly rely on static natural environments without incorporating interactive elements, limiting their capacity to engage users dynamically. To address this...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
April 12, 2024
E. Tisdell, B. Lukic, Ruhi Banerjee et al.
Many studies have examined the effects of meditation practice focused on the normal breath on vagal tone with mixed results. Heart Rhythm Meditation (HRM) is a unique meditation form that engages in the deep slow full breath, and puts the focus of attention on the heart. This form of breathing likely stimulates the vagus nerve with greater intensity. The purpose of this study was (a) to examine...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
January 12, 2024
Sergey Sokolovskiy, Dahyana Arroyo, P. Hansma
Slow paced breathing has been demonstrated to provide significant health benefits for a person’s health, and, during breathing sessions, it is desirable to monitor that a person is actually compliant with the breath pacer. We explore the potential use of pulse rate variability to monitor compliance with a breath pacer during meditation sessions. The study involved 6 human subjects each...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
June 1, 2018
Bhavna P. Harne, Anil S. Hiwale
Mantra meditation is easy to practice. "OM" Mantra is the highest sacred symbol in Hinduism. The present study investigated the temporal dynamics of oscillatory changes after OM mantra meditation. Twenty-three naive meditators were asked to perform loud OM chanting for 30 min and the EEG were subsequently recorded with closed eyes before and after it. To obtain new insights into the nature of...
Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback
June 25, 2015
Judith Esi van der Zwan, Wieke de Vente, Anja C. Huizink et al.
321 citations
In contemporary western societies stress is highly prevalent, therefore the need for stress-reducing methods is great. This randomized controlled trial compared the efficacy of self-help physical activity (PA), mindfulness meditation (MM), and heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BF) in reducing stress and its related symptoms. We randomly allocated 126 participants to PA, MM, or HRV-BF upon...