Breathing and Decision-Making (ProlEx-Context)
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-40
SponsorGerman Institute of Human Nutrition
About this trial
The ProlEx-Context study aims to investigate how a slow-paced breathing technique with prolonged exhalation affects decision-making in the context of acute social stress.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
18- to 40-year-old men and women
Consent to participate
Fluent in German
Right-handed
Disqualifiers
Brain or mind (including anxiety disorders, depression, eating disorders, personality disorders, alcohol, drugs or drug dependence, neurological disorders other than occasional headache, psychiatric or neurological abnormalities)
Heart or blood circulation
Lung Diseases
Other serious past or present medical conditions (for example, metabolic syndrome, diabetes)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Instructed Prolonged Exhalation
- Instructed Individualized Eupnea
Treatment groups
50 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov