COHERENCE: BRIDGING PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND GLOBAL HEALTH

Rollin McCraty
Institute of HeartMath, 14700 West Park Ave., Boulder Creek. CA, 95006, USA

Korespondenční autor: Rollin McCraty (rollin@heartmath.org)

ISSN 1804-7181 (On-line)

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Submitted:24. 10. 2010
Published online: 28. 6. 2012

Keywords: cognitive performance; coherence; emotion; heart rate variability; heart-brain interactions; neurocardiology; psychophysiological coherence

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