Pilot Study of the Effects of Paced Breathing on Measures of Convergent and Divergent Thinking.

Autor:	Wallace MB; School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri., Costa AN; Departments of Psychological Sciences., Ferguson BJ; Health Psychology and Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri., Carey MA; Departments of Psychological Sciences., Rzeppa C; Departments of Psychological Sciences., Kille BM; Departments of Psychological Sciences., Drysdale DR; Departments of Biology and Chemistry, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa.; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri., Sutton BE; Departments of Psychological Sciences., Shuler BH; School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.; Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio., Johnson RP; School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa., Kwenda EP; Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.; Department of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee., Hadley J; School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.; Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado., Snyders W; School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.; Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado-Denver, Denver, Colorado., Beversdorf DQ; Departments of Radiology, Neurology, and Psychological Sciences, William and Nancy Thompson Endowed Chair in Radiology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology [Cogn Behav Neurol] 2023 Mar 01; Vol. 36 (1), pp. 28-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 01.
DOI:	10.1097/WNN.0000000000000334
Abstrakt:	Background: The ability of the autonomic nervous system's stress response to impair aspects of cognitive flexibility is known. However, the ability to modulate the sympathetic response and improve these cognitive impairments via nonpharmacological intervention, such as paced breathing (PB), requires further investigation. Objective: To better elucidate the effects of PB on cognition. Method: We employed a PB protocol in a total of 52 healthy men and women and measured performance on convergent and divergent cognitive tasks, perceived stress, and physiological measures (eg, blood pressure, heart rate). Participants attended two experimental sessions consisting of either PB or normal breathing followed by cognitive assessments including convergent (compound remote associate, anagram) and divergent (alternate use, fluency) tasks. Experiment 2 consisted of more difficult versions of cognitive tasks compared with Experiment 1. Results: In Experiment 1, PB significantly reduced the female participants' systolic and diastolic blood pressure immediately after the breathing protocol without affecting their cognition. In Experiment 2, PB significantly reduced perceived stress immediately after the breathing protocol, regardless of sex. There was no effect on cognition in Experiment 2, but a correlation was observed between perceived stress change and anagram number solved change. Conclusion: While PB modulates sympathetic activity in females, there was a lack of improvement in cognitive flexibility performance. At least for a single trial of PB, cognitive flexibility did not improve. Competing Interests: D.Q.B. has served as a consultant for Quadrant Biosciences, Stalicla Biosciences, Yamo Pharmaceuticals, MA Pharmaceuticals, and Impel Pharmaceuticals, unrelated to this work. The remaining authors declare no conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.)
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