Systems and methods for facilitating physiological coherence using respiration training
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1. A method for improving human emotional states comprising:
- monitoring a subject'"'"'s respiration;
determining one or more current breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more current breathing patterns to include at least one of a current respiratory cycle and a current respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern;
determining one or more optimal breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more optimal breathing patterns to include at least one of an optimal respiratory cycle and an optimal respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern, and wherein said one or more optimal breathing patterns induce one or more physiological systems to converge at a resonant frequency which varies over time between about 0.0315 Hertz and 0.234 Hertz;
prompting said subject to take a breath at a specific time to cause said one or more current breathing patterns to approximate said one or more optimal breathing patterns; and
,providing feedback to said subject representative of how closely the one or more current breathing patterns approximate the one or more optimal breathing patterns.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating physiological coherence using respiratory training are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optimal respiratory cycle and/or RSA pattern is determined. A subject is then trained to adhere to this optimal respiratory level using one or more breath indicators. In another embodiment, the timing sequence of the breath indicators is optimized for a given subject'"'"'s reaction time and/or atypical breathing events. In yet another embodiment, a subject'"'"'s respiratory rhythms are used to detect their emotional state and corresponding feedback provided.
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1. A method for improving human emotional states comprising:
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monitoring a subject'"'"'s respiration; determining one or more current breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more current breathing patterns to include at least one of a current respiratory cycle and a current respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern; determining one or more optimal breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more optimal breathing patterns to include at least one of an optimal respiratory cycle and an optimal respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern, and wherein said one or more optimal breathing patterns induce one or more physiological systems to converge at a resonant frequency which varies over time between about 0.0315 Hertz and 0.234 Hertz; prompting said subject to take a breath at a specific time to cause said one or more current breathing patterns to approximate said one or more optimal breathing patterns; and
,providing feedback to said subject representative of how closely the one or more current breathing patterns approximate the one or more optimal breathing patterns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for improving human emotional states comprising:
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a means for monitoring a subject'"'"'s respiration; a means for determining one or more current breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more current breathing patterns to include at least one of a current respiratory cycle and a current respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern; a means for determining one or more optimal breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more optimal breathing patterns to include at least one of an optimal respiratory cycle and an optimal respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern, and wherein said one or more optimal breathing patterns induce one or more physiological systems to converge at a resonant frequency which varies over time between about 0.0315 Hertz and 0.234 Hertz; a breath indicator to prompt said subject to take a breath at a specific time to cause said one or more current breathing patterns to approximate said one or more optimal breathing patterns; and
,a display to provide feedback to said subject representative of how closely the one or more current breathing patterns approximate the one or more optimal breathing patterns. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer program product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein, the computer program product having; computer readable program code to monitor a subject'"'"'s respiration;
p2 computer readable program code to determine one or more current breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more current breathing patterns to include at least one of a current respiratory cycle and a current respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern;computer readable program code to determine one or more optimal breathing patterns for said subject, said one or more optimal breathing patterns to include at least one of an optimal respiratory cycle and an optimal respiratory sinus arrhythmia pattern, and wherein said one or more optimal breathing patterns induce one or more physiological systems to converge at a resonant frequency which varies over time between about 0.0315 Hertz and 0.234 Hertz; computer readable program code to prompt said subject to take a breath at a specific time to cause said one or more current breathing patterns to approximate said one or more optimal breathing patterns; and computer readable program code to provide feedback to said subject representative of how accurately the one or more current breathing patterns approximate the one or more optimal breathing patterns. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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