CellWell record HH-16362
Music structure determines heart rate variability of singers.
Vickhoff B; Malmgren H; Aström R; Nyberg G; Ekström SR; Engwall M; Snygg J; Nilsson M; Jörnsten R
Frontiers in psychology · 2013
In plain language
A study found that singing, as a form of guided slow breathing, altered heart rate variability and respiratory sinus arrhythmia, with different effects across humming, hymn, and slow mantra singing conditions.
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