Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation affect vagally mediated heart rate variability? A living and interactive Bayesian meta-analysis
Wolf V, Kühnel A, Teckentrup V, Koenig J, Kroemer NB
Psychophysiology · 2021
Key finding
Pooled evidence provided support for the null hypothesis that acute taVNS does not reliably increase vagally mediated heart rate variability compared with sham.
- Condition
- Heart Health
- Stimulation
- taVNS
- Evidence tier
- Systematic Review / Meta-Analysis
- Participants
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Cite this study
Wolf, V., Kühnel, A., Teckentrup, V., Koenig, J., & Kroemer, N. B. (2021). Does transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation affect vagally mediated heart rate variability? A living and interactive Bayesian meta-analysis. Psychophysiology, 58(11). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13933
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