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CellWell record HH-16241

Neural and cardiorespiratory responses in vocalization and slow breathing: Contrasting brain and autonomic responses.

Ruiz-Blais S; Bernardi NF; Intartaglia B; Snow S; Lehmann A

PloS one ยท 2026

In plain language

In untrained adults, vocal toning and singing increased resting EEG alpha and theta power, unlike matched slow breathing alone, while vagal linked heart rate variability rose with slow breathing but not with vocalizing.

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