Feliberto de la Cruz

This study finds that direct patient-dog contact in canine-assisted psychotherapy increases therapist-patient physiological synchrony and autonomic arousal.

This study investigates hemispheric differences in interoceptive processing in psychiatric disorders using neuroimaging, finding dysgranular mid-insula dysfunction in anxiety, depression, and eating disorder patients.

This study examines how HRV biofeedback affects functional brain connectivity and cardiac regulation in healthy individuals, finding increased vagal modulation and changes in prefrontal connectivity.