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Physiological self-regulation and information processing in infancy: Cardiac vagal tone and habituation

Bornstein, Marc H, Suess, Patricia E·2000·Child Development

Abstract

This study investigates the role of physiological self-regulation (cardiac vagal tone) in information processing (habituation) in 81 infants. Nucleus ambiguus vagal tone (Vna, a measure of respiratory sinus arrhythmia) was used to index cardiac vagal tone. Physiological self-regulation was operationalized as the change in Vna from a baseline period of measurement to habituation. Decreases in Vna consistently related to habituation efficiency, operationalized as accumulated looking time (ALT), in all infants twice at 2 months and twice at 5 months; however, this relation was accounted for by infants who met an habituation criterion on each task. Among habituators, shorter lookers also had greater Vna suppression during habituation. Within-age and between-age suppression of vagal tone predicted ALT, but ALT did not predict suppression of vagal tone. Physiological self-regulation provided by the vagal system appears to play a role in information processing in infancy as indexed by habituation.

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Authors
Bornstein, M. H., & Suess, P. E.
Affiliations
National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Child Development
Published
2000-03-01
Volume
71
Issue
2
Pages
273-287
ISSN
  • 0009-3920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-8624
OpenAlex
W2024502352
Cited by
133
References
40
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 7 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 12
FWCI
3.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Child Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
Keywords
physiological self-regulation, cardiac vagal tone, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, habituation, information processing, infant development, autonomic nervous system
MeSH terms
Child Development, Cognition, Electrocardiography, Female, Habituation, Psychophysiologic, Heart Rate, Humans, Infant, Male

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