Table 3 Very low frequency (VLF) band of HRV.

From: The neurophysiological correlates of religious chanting

Conditions

Mean (SD) of VLF in ms2

p-value of post-hoc comparison (* denotes significant)

Religious chanting

0.00623 (0.00185)

compared to no chanting*, p = 0.040

No chanting

0.00823 (0.00274)

compared to non-religious chanting, p = 1

Non-religious chanting

0.00755 (0.00190)

compared to religious chanting, p = 0.085

  1. The table shows descriptive statistics and significance values for within-group comparisons, for the very low frequency power of the heart rate variability derived from the ECG data. Repeated measures ANOVA showed a significant effect across conditions, F(2,42) = 4.156, p = 0.023.
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