Acute fall and long-term rise in oxygen saturation in response to meditation

Physiology

Aug 25

Bernardi, F, Bordino, M, Bianchi, L, Bernardi, L. Acute fall and long‐term rise in oxygen saturation in response to meditation. Psychophysiology. 2017; 54: 1951– 1966. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12972

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