Heart rate variability and cognitive processing: The autonomic response to task demands

A Luque-Casado, JC Perales, D Cárdenas… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study investigated variations in heart rate variability (HRV) as a function of cognitive
demands. Participants completed an execution condition including the psychomotor …

Heart rate variability and cognitive function: Effects of physical effort

CDB Luft, E Takase, D Darby - Biological psychology, 2009 - Elsevier
This study investigated alterations in heart rate variability (HRV) and cognitive performance
before and after physical effort, for 30 high-level track and field athletes (23 males and 7 …

Cognitive performance and heart rate variability: the influence of fitness level

A Luque-Casado, M Zabala, E Morales… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
In the present study, we investigated the relation between cognitive performance and heart
rate variability as a function of fitness level. We measured the effect of three cognitive tasks …

Resting cardiac vagal tone predicts intraindividual reaction time variability during an attention task in a sample of young and healthy adults

DWP Williams, JF Thayer, J Koenig - Psychophysiology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intraindividual reaction time variability (IIV), defined as the variability in trial‐to‐trial response
times, is thought to serve as an index of central nervous system function. As such, greater IIV …

Resting heart rate variability, attention and attention maintenance in young adults

A Siennicka, DS Quintana, P Fedurek, A Wijata… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heart rate variability (HRV) is a widely used measure that reflects autonomic
(parasympathetic) control of the heart. HRV has been linked with attentional performance …

Phasic heart rate variability and the association with cognitive performance: A cross-sectional study in a healthy population setting

K Hilgarter, K Schmid-Zalaudek, R Csanády-Leitner… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Sympathovagal balance measured by heart rate variability is a core component
of psychophysiological research. Through the close link of physiological and psychological …

[HTML][HTML] Stress and heart rate variability: a meta-analysis and review of the literature

HG Kim, EJ Cheon, DS Bai, YH Lee… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective Physical or mental imbalance caused by harmful stimuli can induce stress to
maintain homeostasis. During chronic stress, the sympathetic nervous system is …

Variable heart rate and a flexible mind: Higher resting-state heart rate variability predicts better task-switching

LS Colzato, BJ Jongkees, M de Wit… - Cognitive, Affective, & …, 2018 - Springer
The neurovisceral integration model proposes that heart rate variability (HRV) is linked to
prefrontal cortex activity via the vagus nerve, which connects the heart and the brain. HRV …

A meta-analysis of heart rate variability and neuroimaging studies: implications for heart rate variability as a marker of stress and health

JF Thayer, F Åhs, M Fredrikson, JJ Sollers III… - Neuroscience & …, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Heart rate variability and cognitive function: a systematic review

G Forte, F Favieri, M Casagrande - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Autonomic dysfunctions may precede the development of cognitive
impairment, but the connection between these dimensions is unclear. This systematic review …