Theoretical perspectives posit that heart-rate variability (HRV) reflects self-regulatory
capacity and therefore can be employed as a bio-marker of top-down self-regulation (the …

Highlights•RSA is a valid and reliable biomarker of emotion regulation capacity in
humans.•Low tonic RSA and excessive RSA reactivity to emotion evocation mark PFC …

Among adults, depression is associated with reduced vagal activity, as indexed by high
frequency heart rate variability [HF-HRV]), which correlates inversely with depression …

Background This article builds on a previous review (Ford and Courtois, Borderline Personal
Disord Emot Dysregul 1: 9, 2014) which concluded that complex posttraumatic stress …

The calculation of heart rate variability (HRV) is a popular tool used to investigate
differences in cardiac autonomic control between population samples. When interpreting …

Low resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is observed in many mental health
conditions, including anxiety disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders …

Childhood adversity (CA) is associated with increased risk for physical and mental health
problems, with alterations in vagal regulation (an aspect of autonomic functioning indexed …

Abstract Theory and research on self‐regulation, emotional adjustment, and interpersonal
processes focus increasingly on parasympathetic functioning, using measures of vagally …

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 …

Heart rate variability (HRV) indexes functioning of the vagus nerve, arguably the most
important nerve in the human body. The Neurovisceral Integration Model has provided a …