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vagal tone

vagal tone Vagal tone, in this psychology context, refers to the level of vagal influence on the heart, commonly reflected by heart rate variability.

Vagal tone, in this psychology context, refers to the level of vagal influence on the heart, commonly reflected by heart rate variability. It is used as a sign of how well neural systems involved in emotion and thinking are functioning, with higher resting levels linked to more adaptive processing of emotional information and better emotion regulation.

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Drafting source: Park Gewnhi; Thayer Julian F.. From the heart to the mind: cardiac vagal tone modulates top-down and bottom-up visual perception and attention to emotional stimuli. 2014; DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00278; article XML SHA-256 64625c0138c1354b15c25b9ecfde27bb89e77c2054b79560f0ebaa9b3a1cc76e. “From the heart to the mind: cardiac vagal tone modulates top-down and bottom-up visual perception and attention to emotional stimuli” (10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00278).
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