Characterizing change in vagal tone during the first three years of life: A systematic review and empirical examination across two longitudinal samples

NJ Wagner, SJ Holochwost, SF Lynch… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Functioning of the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), most often indexed by respiratory
sinus arrhythmia (RSA), influences the volitional, cognitively-mediated forms of self …

Leveraging parasympathetic nervous system activity to study risk for psychopathology: The special case of callous-unemotional traits

NJ Wagner, R Waller - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
Callous-unemotional (CU) traits are implicated in the development of severe and persistent
antisocial behavior, and appear to arise from distinct behavioral, temperament …

The impact of callous-unemotional traits on achievement, behaviors, and relationships in school: A systematic review

RS Levine, K Smith, NJ Wagner - Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 2023 - Springer
Disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) are associated with significant academic, behavioral,
and relationship challenges in the school setting. Children with co-occurring DBDs and …

Observed peer competence moderates links between children's self-regulation skills and academic performance

NJ Wagner, S Holochwost, C Danko… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
The current study focuses on the relations between observed measures of children's self-
regulation and academic achievement, as well as the extent to which observations of …

Context is key: Parasympathetic regulation in the classroom differentially predicts preschoolers' socially competent behaviors

LN Darling, SJ Holochwost, J Coffman… - Developmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Research shows that children's early social competence predicts their later academic and
interpersonal success. Accordingly, early childhood education programs increasingly aim to …

Towards an understanding of neurophysiological self‐regulation in early childhood: A heuristic and a new approach

SJ Holochwost, J Kolacz… - Developmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐regulation in early childhood encompasses both “top down,” volitional processes, as
well as the “bottom up” activity of three neurophysiological systems: the parasympathetic …

Parasympathetic Nervous System Activity During Measures of Volitional Self‐regulation Predicts School Readiness

SJ Holochwost, JL Coffman, NJ Wagner… - Mind, Brain, and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐regulation is an essential component of school readiness. Although in educational
contexts self‐regulation is typically defined in terms of volitional processes, it also …

Relation of Young Children's Parasympathetic Reactivity During a Learning Task to Their Self‐Regulation and Early Academic Skills

CAC Clark, K Caddell - Mind, Brain, and Education, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing interest among educational researchers in using heart rate variability
(HRV) as an index of children's capacity to regulate their physiological arousal. Links …

Child care policy as an anti-poverty strategy: The need to address neurophysiological self-regulation

SJ Holochwost, LA Gomes… - Policy Insights from …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
High-quality early care and education can mitigate the short-and long-term effects of poverty
on young children's development. Therefore, policies that expand access to high-quality …

Education research in a new data environment: Special issue introduction

SF Reardon, EA Stuart - Journal of Research on Educational …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
A few of the papers in the special issue highlight the need for new data, or modifications to
existing data systems, to make them as useful as possible. Ginsburg and Smith (2019) argue …