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REPORT
The compassionate vagus: A meta-analysis on the connection between compassion and heart rate variability
SUMMARY
Compassion is associated with better parasympathetic regulation (as measured via heart rate variability)
Di Bello, Maria & Carnevali, Luca & Petrocchi, Nicola & Thayer, Julian & Gilbert, Paul & Ottaviani, Cristina
2020
Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews
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