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Vagal influence on working memory and attention

Hansen, Anita Lill, Johnsen, Bjørn Helge, Thayer, Julian F.·2003·International Journal of Psychophysiology
DOI 10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00073-4
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of vagal tone on performance during executive and non-executive tasks, using a working memory and a sustained attention test. Reactivity to cognitive tasks was also investigated using heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). Fifty-three male sailors from the Royal Norwegian Navy participated in this study. Inter-beat-intervals were recorded continuously for 5 min of baseline, followed by randomized presentation of a working memory test (WMT) based on Baddeley and Hitch's research (1974) and a continuous performance test (CPT). The session ended with a 5-min recovery period. High HRV and low HRV groups were formed based on a median split of the root mean squared successive differences during baseline. The results showed that the high HRV group showed more correct responses than the low HRV group on the WMT. Furthermore, the high HRV group showed faster mean reaction time (mRT), more correct responses and less error, than the low HRV group on the CPT. Follow-up analysis revealed that this was evident only for components of the CPT where executive functions were involved. The analyses of reactivity showed a suppression of HRV and an increase in HR during presentation of cognitive tasks compared to recovery. This was evident for both groups. The present results indicated that high HRV was associated with better performance on tasks involving executive function.

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  • Higher resting cardiac vagal control is associated with better performance on executive function tasks, including Stroop and n-back.

    “High CVC is associated with good performance on the Stroop task, which requires people to overcome attentional interference, as well as good performance on the n-back task (Johnsen et al., 2003; Hansen, Johnsen, & Thayer, 2003)”

    From Psychological flexibility as a fundamental aspect of health (2010) · cites this paper as Hansen, Johnsen, & Thayer, 2003

  • The most common strategy in case of movement is to collect accelerometer data together with the HRV measurement and then delete sections where movement was excessive.

    “The most common strategy in case of movement is to collect accelerometer data together with the HRV measurement and then to delete the sections where movement was excessive (e.g., Hansen et al., 2003; Johnsen et al., 2003).”

    From Heart Rate Variability and Cardiac Vagal Tone in Psychophysiological Research – Recommendations for Experiment Planning, Data Analysis, and Data Reporting (2017) · cites this paper as Hansen et al., 2003

  • Resting-state HRV is associated with cognitive performance.

    “resting-state HRV is associated with cognitive performance (Hansen et al., 2003; Frewen et al., 2013; Gillie et al., 2014; Zeki Al Hazzouri et al., 2014; Colzato et al., 2018)”

    From Dose-Response Matters! - A Perspective on the Exercise Prescription in Exercise-Cognition Research (2019) · cites this paper as Hansen et al., 2003

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Authors
Hansen, A. L., Johnsen, B. H., & Thayer, J. F.
Affiliations
  • Royal Norwegian Naval Academy (NO)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Hansen, Anita Lill
ORCID
Venue
International Journal of Psychophysiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-06
Volume
48
Issue
3
Pages
263-274
ISSN
0167-8760 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/s0167-8760(03)00073-4
OpenAlex
W2004056298
Semantic Scholar
9684797643d13be86002683f60caa1cb69832e74
Cited by
759
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10
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FWCI
4.51
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • International Journal of Psychophysiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
vagal tone, heart rate variability, working memory, sustained attention, executive function, cognitive performance, heart rate reactivity, continuous performance test, sailors, autonomic nervous system
MeSH terms
Adult, Attention, Cognition, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Memory, Neuropsychological Tests, Reaction Time, Task Performance and Analysis, Vagus Nerve

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