Background Stress resilience influences mental well-being and vulnerability to psychiatric
disorders. Usually, measurement of resilience is based on subjective reports, susceptible to …

The dynamic embodiment of psychological processes is evident in the association of health
outcomes, behavioural traits and psychological functioning with Heart Rate Variability …

Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) mirrors cardiac autonomic modulation, an index of
well-being. Reduced HRV has been reported in depression, but few studies investigated …

Objective Physical or mental imbalance caused by harmful stimuli can induce stress to
maintain homeostasis. During chronic stress, the sympathetic nervous system is …

Heart rate variability (HRV), a measure of the variability in intervals between subsequent
heart beats, is now widely considered an index of emotion regulatory capacity and the ability …

The utility of heart rate variability (HRV) for characterizing psychological stress is primarily
impacted by methodological considerations such as study populations, experienced versus …

BACKGROUND: Heart rate variability (HRV) measures homeostatic regulation of the
autonomic nervous system in response to perturbation and has been previously shown to …

The intimate connection between the brain and the heart was enunciated by Claude
Bernard over 150 years ago. In our neurovisceral integration model we have tried to build on …

Evidence suggests affective disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder are
characterised by dysregulated autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity. These findings …

Objective Psychosocial stress is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality.
Accordingly, there is a growing interest in biomarkers that indicate whether individuals show …