The Appreciative Heart: The Psychophysiology of Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning
By Rollin McCraty, Ph.D., and Doc Childre
Heart’s Role in Emotions
A favorite among many, the Appreciative Heart monograph is easy to read. This monograph is an overview of Institute of HeartMath’s research on the physiological correlates of positive emotions and the science underlying two core HeartMath techniques which supports Heart-Based Living. The heart's connection with love and other positive emotions has survived throughout millennia and across many diverse cultures. New empirical research is providing scientific validation for this age-old association. This 21-page monograph offers a comprehensive understanding of the Institute of HeartMath's cutting-edge research exploring the heart's central role in emotional experience. Described in detail is physiological coherence, a distinct mode of physiological functioning, which is generated during sustained positive emotions and linked with beneficial health and performance-related outcomes. The monograph also provides steps and applications of two HeartMath techniques, Freeze-Frame® and Heart Lock-In®, which engage the heart to help transform stress and produce sustained states of coherence. Data from outcome studies are presented, which suggest that these techniques facilitate a beneficial repatterning process at the mental, emotional and physiological levels.
The Appreciative Heart: The Psychophysiology of Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning:
21 pages
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4-color cover
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Content includes: Definition of Terms, Positive Emotions and Optimal Functioning, Heart’s Role in Emotion, Physiological Correlates of Heartfelt Positive Emotions, Emotional Management: The Missing Dimension, Tools and Techniques to Promote Emotional and Physiological Coherence, Freeze-Frame and Heart Lock-In Techniques, Intervention Studies: Related Outcomes in Health, Organizations and Education and Conclusion.
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Heart-Brain InteractionsThe Coherent Heart provides an in-depth discussion of heart-brain interactions and the role of the heart in organizing systemwide coherence. Includes: Theoretical Considerations, Psychophysiological Networks, Benefits of Psychophysiological Coherence and its Measurement, A Typology of Psychophysiological States, how vagal afferent traffic inhibits pain perception and affects cognitive performance, difference between respiration and positive, emotion-driven coherence and the heart's roles in emotional experience and processing.
Intended primarily for researchers, medical professionals, students of psychophysiology and related fields and laypeople who desire a deeper understanding of HeartMath's research.
The Energetic Heart: Bioelectromagnetic Interactions Within and Between People By Rollin McCraty, Ph.D.
Heart's Electromagnetic Field This fascinating monograph, The Energetic Heart explains the bioelectromagnetic interactions within and between people. Did you know that our physiological systems are interacting in subtle ways and the electromagnetic signal produced by your heart is registered in the brain waves of people around you? Discover why the heart's electromagnetic field is believed to act as a central synchronizing signal within the body, an important carrier of emotional information and a key mediator of energetic interactions between people. Learn more about IHM’s new research on bioelectromagnetic interactions and its implications.