A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study

Sørensen, Lin; Wass, Sam; Osnes, Berge; Schanche, Elisabeth; Adólfsdóttir, Steinunn; Svendsen, Julie Lillebostad; Visted, Endre; Eilertsen, Thomas; Jensen, Daniel A.; Nordby, Helge; Fasmer, Ole Bernt; Binder, Per‐Einar; Koenig, Julian; Sonuga‐Barke, Edmund

doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112657

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“…Such a relationship was not observed with scores on the working memory and processing speed measures. Our findings are consistent with prior research suggesting that greater inhibitory attentional control is associated with higher resting HRV (Sørensen et al, 2019 ; Wendt et al, 2015 ; Williams et al, 2016 ). However, since previous studies also found associations between overall executive functioning and resting HRV (Hansen et al, 2009 ; Stenfors et al, 2016 ; Williams et al, 2019 ), it is not entirely clear why inhibitory control (but not working memory or processing speed) was particularly affected by the Osc+ intervention.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Previous studies suggest that higher HRV is associated with better cognitive function. For instance, in younger adults, higher resting HRV was related to better performance in modified versions of the Eriksen Flanker task, which is a measure of inhibitory control (Sørensen et al, 2019 ; Williams et al, 2016 ). Another study with younger adults (Hansen et al, 2003 ) found that the high resting HRV group (based on median split of the root mean squared successive differences or RMSSD) showed more correct responses than the low resting HRV group on an n-back working memory task.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of a Randomised Trial of 5-Week Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention on Cognitive Function: Possible Benefits for Inhibitory Control

Nashiro

Yoo

Cho

et al. 2022

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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Previous research suggests that higher heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with better cognitive function. However, since most previous findings on the relationship between HRV and cognitive function were correlational in nature, it is unclear whether individual differences in HRV play a causal role in cognitive performance. To investigate whether there are causal relationships, we used a simple breathing manipulation that increases HRV through a 5-week HRV biofeedback intervention and examined whether this manipulation improves cognitive performance in younger and older adults (N = 165). The 5-week HRV biofeedback intervention did not significantly improve inhibitory control, working memory and processing speed across age groups. However, improvement in the Flanker score (a measure of inhibition) was associated with the amplitude of heart rate oscillations during practice sessions in the younger and older intervention groups. Our results suggest that daily practice to increase heart rate oscillations may improve inhibitory control, but future studies using longer intervention periods are warranted to replicate the present finding. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10484-022-09558-y.

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 99%

Effects of a Randomised Trial of 5-Week Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention on Cognitive Function: Possible Benefits for Inhibitory Control

Nashiro

Yoo

Cho

et al. 2022

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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“…These also indicate that immigrants with better oxygen transport ability have more cognitive resources in attention activities and better selective inhibition of target information, which is realized through the regulation of the autonomic nervous system on the homeostasis of the organism. Previous studies also found that cardiac vagus nerve (CVN) activity is associated with early attention orienting and promotes flexible absorption of effective orientation information (Sørensen et al, 2019 ). These results suggest that RBCs in high-altitude immigrants is associated with better cardiac vagal tone, which is related to the effective function of attentional self-regulating neural circuits, increasing cognitive resources in the process of selective attention, and improving the selective attention ability to target information.…”

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The neuroimmune pathway of high-altitude adaptation: influence of erythrocytes on attention networks through inflammation and the autonomic nervous system

Wang,

Yu,

Dang

et al. 2024

Front. Neurosci.

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IntroductionMany studies have shown that the functional adaptation of immigrants to high-altitude is closely related to oxygen transport, inflammatory response and autonomic nervous system. However, it remains unclear how human attention changes in response to hypoxia-induced neurophysiological activity during high-altitude exposure.MethodsIn the present study, we analyzed the relationship between hypoxic-induced neurophysiological responses and attention networks in 116 immigrants (3,680 m) using an attention network test to simultaneously record electroencephalogram and electrocardiogram in combination with specific routine blood markers.ResultsOur analysis revealed that red blood cells exert an indirect influence on the three attention networks, mediated through inflammatory processes and heart rate variability.DiscussionThe present study provides experimental evidence for the role of a neuroimmune pathway in determining human attention performance at high- altitude. Our findings have implications for understanding the complex interactions between physiological and neurocognitive processes in immigrants adapting to hypoxic environments.

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“…Participants were recruited through ads and posters to the student population of the University of Bergen, Norway (see also Svendsen et al, 2016;Visted et al, 2017;Sorensen et al, 2018Sorensen et al, , 2019). Initially we included 56 participants, but three participants were excluded due to poor data quality on the vmHRV-measures.…”

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Is Dispositional Self-Compassion Associated With Psychophysiological Flexibility Beyond Mindfulness? An Exploratory Pilot Study

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Background: Dispositional mindfulness and self-compassion are shown to associate with less self-reported emotional distress. However, previous studies have indicated that dispositional self-compassion may be an even more important buffer against such distress than dispositional mindfulness. To our knowledge, no study has yet disentangled the relationship between dispositional self-compassion and mindfulness and level of psychophysiological flexibility as measured with vagally mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV). The aim was thus to provide a first exploratory effort to expand previous research relying on self-report measures by including a psychophysiological measure indicative of emotional stress reactivity. Methods: Fifty-three university students filled out the "Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire" (FFMQ) and the "Self-Compassion Scale" (SCS), and their heart rate was measured during a 5 min resting electrocardiogram. Linear hierarchical regression analyses were conducted to examine the common and unique variance explained by the total scores of the FFMQ and the SCS on level of resting vmHRV. Results: Higher SCS total scores associated significantly with higher levels of vmHRV also when controlling for the FFMQ total scores. The SCS uniquely explained 7% of the vmHRV. The FFMQ total scores did not associate with level of vmHRV. Conclusion: These results offer preliminary support that dispositional self-compassion associates with better psychophysiological regulation of emotional arousal above and beyond mindfulness.

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A psychophysiological investigation of the interplay between orienting and executive control during stimulus conflict: A heart rate variability study

Cited by 16 publications

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Effects of a Randomised Trial of 5-Week Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention on Cognitive Function: Possible Benefits for Inhibitory Control

Effects of a Randomised Trial of 5-Week Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback Intervention on Cognitive Function: Possible Benefits for Inhibitory Control

The neuroimmune pathway of high-altitude adaptation: influence of erythrocytes on attention networks through inflammation and the autonomic nervous system

Is Dispositional Self-Compassion Associated With Psychophysiological Flexibility Beyond Mindfulness? An Exploratory Pilot Study

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