Kok, Bethany E.

How Positive Emotions Build Physical Health: Perceived Positive Social Connections Account for the Upward Spiral Between Positive Emotions and Vagal Tone

Kok, B. E., Coffey, K. A., Cohn, M. A., Catalino, L. I., Vacharkulksemsuk, T., Algoe, S. B., Brantley, M., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2013) · Psychological Science

Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionMindfulness and Compassion Interventions

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Upward spirals of the heart: autonomic flexibility, as indexed by vagal tone, reciprocally and prospectively predicts positive emotions and social connectedness

Kok, B. E., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2010) · Biological Psychology

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlVagus Nerve Stimulation Research

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Specific reduction in cortisol stress reactivity after social but not attention-based mental training

Engert, V., Kok, B. E., Papassotiriou, I., Chrousos, G. P., & Singer, T. (2017) · Science Advances

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsStress Responses and Cortisol

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Phenomenological Fingerprints of Four Meditations: Differential State Changes in Affect, Mind-Wandering, Meta-Cognition, and Interoception Before and After Daily Practice Across 9 Months of Training

Kok, B. E., & Singer, T. (2017) · Mindfulness

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

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Effects of Contemplative Dyads on Engagement and Perceived Social Connectedness Over 9 Months of Mental Training: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Kok, B. E., & Singer, T. (2017) · JAMA Psychiatry

Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction

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Helping from the heart: Voluntary upregulation of heart rate variability predicts altruistic behavior

Bornemann, B., Kok, B. E., Böckler, A., & Singer, T. (2016) · Biological Psychology

Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies

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