Sleep loss and psychosocial stress often co-occur in today's society, but there is limited
knowledge on the combined effects. Therefore, this experimental study investigated whether …

Unwanted memories often enter conscious awareness when individuals confront reminders.
People vary widely in their talents at suppressing such memory intrusions; however, the …

Introduction Vagally mediated heart rate variability is an index of autonomic nervous system
activity that is associated with a large variety of outcome variables including …

Background The emergence of smartphones and wearable sensor technologies enables
easy and unobtrusive monitoring of physiological and psychological data related to an …

In 2002, Fan and his colleagues developed the Attention Network Test (ANT), a cognitive
tool that provides a score for each of the attentional networks (alerting, orienting, and …

Abstract Study Objectives Sleep deprivation alters inspiratory endurance by reducing
inspiratory motor output. Vagal tone is involved in exercise endurance. This study aimed to …

We introduce the concept of cardiac neuroautonomic renewability and a method for its
quantification. This concept refers to the involuntary nervous system's capacity to improve …

Background It has been hypothesized that resting state cardiac vagal activity (CVA)-an
indicator of parasympathetic nervous system activity-is a specific psychophysiological …

Sleep deprivation in healthy adults has been associated with disrupted autonomic nervous
system function, which in turn has been linked to cardiovascular health. High-intensity …

Circadian rhythms play an essential role in the homeostatic regulation and functional
balance of temperature, cardiovascular and metabolic adaptation, feeding, reproduction …