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Cardiac rhythmicities and attention in young children
Author(s) -
HYDE CHRISTOPHER,
IZARD CARROLL E.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1997.tb01741.x
Subject(s) - psychology , vagal tone , vasomotor , cardiology , audiology , medicine , developmental psychology , heart rate , heart rate variability , blood pressure
This study examined the changes in three cardiac rhythmicities (angiotensin‐renin vasomotor [ARV], Traube‐Hering‐Meyer [THM], and respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA]) during prolonged attention in preschool children. Electrocardiogram data were collected from children during resting baseline and a 5‐min attention condition at ages 3, 4, and 5 years in a longitudinal study. The ARV and THM rhythmicities decreased during prolonged attention for most participants. The RSA rhythmicity did not change consistently. The results were replicated at all three ages. The ARV and THM effect sizes were large and moderate, respectively. Only the ARV decrease correlated with duration of attention.