Toward an Embodied Medicine: A Portable Device with Programmable Interoceptive Stimulation for Heart Rate Variability Enhancement

Toward an Embodied Medicine: A Portable Device with Programmable Interoceptive Stimulation for Heart Rate Variability Enhancement

In this paper, we describe and test a new portable device that is able to deliver tactile interoceptive stimulation. The device works by delivering precise interoceptive parasympathetic stimuli to C-tactile afferents connected to the lamina I spinothalamocortical system. In humans, interoceptive sti...

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Main Authors: Daniele Di Lernia, Pietro Cipresso, Elisa Pedroli, Giuseppe Riva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Sensors
Subjects:
interoception
interoceptive stimulation
heart rate variability
C-tactile
affective touch
CT afferents
rehabilitative medicine
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/8/2469

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