Heart rate variability (HRV) has been associated with various diseases and reflects
autonomic cardiac control sensitive to central nervous system function. Examples of the …

A century-long debate on bodily states and emotions persists. While the involvement of
bodily activity in emotion physiology is widely recognized, the specificity and causal role of …

Clinical-experimental considerations and an approach to understanding the autonomic
basis of improved surgical outcomes using Perioperative Music Medicine (PMM) are …

Subclinical depression (dysphoria) is a common condition that may increase the risk of
major depression and leads to impaired quality of life and severe comorbid somatic …

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a heterogeneous syndrome with two main clinical
subtypes, amnestic (aMCI) and non-amnestic (naMCI). The analysis of heart rate variability …

Abstract Background Transcutaneous auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation (taVNS) is a non-
invasive neuromodulation technique that may constitute an effective treatment for a wide …

Our brain continuously interacts with the body as we engage with the world. Although we are
mostly unaware of internal bodily processes, such as our heartbeats, they may be influenced …

The ability to swiftly and accurately respond to others' non-verbal signals, such as their
emotional expressions, constitutes one of the building blocks for social adaptation. It is …

Survival and adaptation in environments require swift and efficacious learning about what is
dangerous. Across species, much of such threat learning is acquired socially, eg, through …

Objectives Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) modulates brain
activity and heart function. The induced parasympathetic predominance leads to an increase …