Human performance optimization of tactical personnel requires accurate, meticulous, and
effective monitoring of biological adaptations and systemic recovery. Due to an increased …

Under conditions of physiological stress, officers are sometimes required to make split-
second life-or-death decisions, where deficits in performance can have tragic outcomes …

Leading police scholars and practitioners were asked to reflect on the most urgent issues
that need to be addressed on the topic of use of force. Four themes emerged from their …

Cognitive load is a key mediator of cognitive processing that may impact clinical reasoning
performance. The purpose of this study was to gather biologic validity evidence for …

Introduction Resilience is the ability to maintain or quickly return to a stable physical and
psychological equilibrium despite experiencing stressful events. Flexibility of the autonomic …

This research aims to investigate whether slow-paced breathing (SPB) improves adaptation
to psychological stress, and specifically inhibition, when it is performed before or after …

Stress is a prevalent theme in our daily lives and is related to numerous negative health
outcomes. Laboratory research has studied the physiological stress response extensively …

Vagal flexibility describes the ability to modulate cardiac vagal responses to fit a dynamic
range of challenges. Extant theory on vagal function implies that vagal flexibility is a …

Stress carries diverse implications for perceptual, cognitive, and affective functions. One
population particularly susceptible to acute stress-induced cognitive changes are individuals …

Abstract The Neurovisceral Integration Model posits a link between resting vagally mediated
heart rate variability (vmHRV) and cognitive control. Empirical support for this link is mixed …