Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10303826 | Psychiatry Research | 2015 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Nasal dominance, at the onset of hallucinations, was studied as a marker of both the lateralized ultradian rhythm of the autonomic nervous system and the tightly coupled ultradian rhythm of alternating cerebral hemispheric dominance in a single case study of a schizophrenic female. Over 1086 days, 145 hallucination episodes occurred with left nostril dominance significantly greater than the right nostril dominant phase of the nasal cycle. A right nostril breathing exercise, that primarily stimulates the left hemisphere, reduces symptoms more quickly for hallucinations.
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Authors
David Shannahoff-Khalsa, Shahrokh Golshan,