Individual differences in respiratory-heart period coupling and heart period responses during two attention-demanding tasks

Porges, Stephen W.; Coles, Michael

doi:10.3758/bf03332939

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“…This pattern is in line with several studies by Porges and colleagues (e.g. Cheung & Porges, 1977; Porges, 2007; Porges & Coles, 1982; Porges & Raskin, 1969; Walter & Porges, 1976), who demonstrated that brief attentional demand causes HR deceleration, whereas others have reported that higher HRV was associated with improved attention allocation (Park, Vasey, Van Bavel, & Thayer, 2013). Potentially, the sad movie clips were more engaging than the neutral clips.…”

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Sleep restriction alters physiological and emotional responses to emotion induction

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2020

Experimental Physiology

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Habitual insufficient sleep has long-term health consequences via its impact on autonomic nervous system (ANS) function and on regulation of emotion. To our knowledge, the effects of insufficient sleep on emotion-induced ANS function have not been tested. The present study aimed to address this lacuna. Using an emotion induction procedure, the effects of sleep restriction on physiological responses to validated neutral and sad film clips were assessed in a two-by-two, pseudo-randomized, crossover design. Thirty-one participants, aged 20-33 years, were assessed after sleeping for either 5 h (sleep restricted, SR) or 8 h (well rested, WR) per night, for three consecutive nights. Physiological measures included heart rate, heart rate variability, skin conductance response (SCR) and participants' ratings of affect and fatigue. There was no effect of sleep conditions on self-reported negative affect, but watching the sad clip reduced self-reported fatigue in the SR condition. There was greater heart rate deceleration while watching sad relative to neutral clips, independent of the sleep condition. Sleep restriction increased heart rate variability measures, with no effect of emotion induction. There was an interaction of emotion induction with sleep condition for SCR, with more SCRs to sad relative to neutral clips in the WR condition, and the opposite effect in the SR condition. Combined, the results suggest that the ANS response to an emotional cue was altered by sleep restriction. The results suggest an adaptive ANS response to mild, chronic sleep restriction, resulting in constant heart rate response and self-reported experience across WR and SR conditions, despite mounting fatigue.

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Sleep restriction alters physiological and emotional responses to emotion induction

Hairston

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2020

Experimental Physiology

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“…In his polyvagal theory, Porges relates HF-HRV to environmental transactions as well as to social and affective factors that are central to the neurovisceral view (Porges, 2011). Individual differences in resting HF-HRV are also known to relate to individual differences in these situationally evoked vagal changes in heart rate that are emphasized by a number of the above authors (Porges & Coles, 1982). These concepts all share with the concept of neurovisceral integration the postulate that vagal changes covary with and likely are induced by cognitive processes related to sensation or action.…”

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Focusing neurovisceral integration: Cognition, heart rate variability, and cerebral blood flow

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The neurovisceral integration hypothesis suggests in part that cerebral control of autonomic function conveys comparable control of executive function and, hence, correlation among vagally determined high frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), executive function, and regional cerebral blood flow (CBF). In 440 middle-aged men and women, resting HF-HRV was related to regional CBF derived from a resting arterial spin-labeled MRI scan and to seven neuropsychological tests of executive function. Despite some intercorrelations, regression modeling failed to support integrated central control of HF-HRV and executive function. Integration between autonomic and cognitive control appears more circumscribed than the general integration suggested by the neurovisceral integration hypothesis.

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“…Again, HF-HRV generally decreases in amplitude during task engagement (S. W. Porges, 2007) and its resting magnitude is related to vagally-induced slowing of heart rate when orienting to the external environment (Porges & Coles, 1982). Conceptual accounts of processes controlling these vagal reactions have suggested transitions between internal and external focus of attention and transient inhibition of action during action selection (J.…”

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“…Relevance to HF-HRV is suggested both by the inclusion of known autonomic nervous system control areas in the SN, as well as this vagal marker's putative role in switching between rest and activity and internal and external focus of attention. Again, HF-HRV generally decreases in amplitude during task engagement (Porges, 2007), and its resting magnitude is related to vagally induced slowing of the heart rate when orienting to the external environment (Porges & Coles, 1982). Conceptual accounts of processes controlling these vagal reactions have suggested transitions between internal and external focus of attention and transient inhibition of action during action selection (J.…”

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Resting state connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex covaries with individual differences in high‐frequency heart rate variability

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Resting high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) relates to cardiac vagal control and predicts individual differences in health and longevity, but its functional neural correlates are not well defined. The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) encompasses visceral control regions that are components of intrinsic networks of the brain, particularly the default mode network (DMN) and the salience network (SN). Might individual differences in resting HF-HRV covary with resting state neural activity in the DMN and SN, particularly within the mPFC? This question was addressed using fMRI data from an eyes-open, five-minute rest period during which echoplanar brain imaging yielded blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) time series. Independent components analysis (ICA) yielded functional connectivity estimates defining the DMN and SN. HF-HRV was measured in a rest period outside of the scanner. Midlife (52% female) adults were assessed in two studies (Study 1, N = 107; Study 2, N = 112). Neither overall DMN nor SN connectivity strength was related to HF-HRV. However, HF-HRV related to connectivity of one region within mPFC shared by the DMN and SN; namely, the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex (pgACC), an area with connectivity to other regions involved in autonomic control. In sum, HF-HRV does not seem directly related to global resting state activity of intrinsic brain networks, but rather to more localized connectivity. A mPFC region was of particular interest as connectivity related to HF-HRV was shared by the DMN and SN. These findings may indicate a functional basis for the coordination of autonomic cardiac control with engagement and disengagement from the environment.

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Individual differences in respiratory-heart period coupling and heart period responses during two attention-demanding tasks

Cited by 12 publications

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Sleep restriction alters physiological and emotional responses to emotion induction

Sleep restriction alters physiological and emotional responses to emotion induction

Focusing neurovisceral integration: Cognition, heart rate variability, and cerebral blood flow

Resting state connectivity of the medial prefrontal cortex covaries with individual differences in high‐frequency heart rate variability

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