Kaia S Sargent, Emily L Martinez, Alexandra C Reed, Anika Guha, Morgan E Bartholomew, Caroline K Diehl, Christine S Chang, Sarah Salama, Tzvetan Popov, Julian F Thayer, Gregory A Miller, Cindy M Yee
Oscillations serve a critical role in organizing biological systems. In the brain, oscillatory coupling is a fundamental mechanism of communication. The possibility that neural oscillations interact directly with slower physiological rhythms (e.g., heart rate, respiration) is largely unexplored and may have important implications for psychological functioning. Oscillations in heart rate, an aspect of heart rate variability (HRV), show remarkably robust associations with psychological health. Mather and Thayer proposed coupling between high-frequency HRV (HF-HRV) and neural oscillations as a mechanism that partially accounts for such relationships...
April 3, 2024: Psychological Science