Changes in heart rate following eyes-closed alpha enhancement.
Subjects (n = 20 females 18 to 26 yr. old) who had been trained in an eyes-closed alpha-enhancement task were grouped according to performance and changes in heart rate were compared. Subjects who showed a facility for producing alpha also evidenced a small decrease in heart rate while a small increase in heart rate while a small increase in heart rate was shown by the low alpha-output group.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D012683:Sensory Deprivation