Coupling between prefrontal brain activity and respiratory sinus arrhythmia in infants and adults.

ABSTRACT: Self-regulation is an essential aspect of healthy child development. Even though infants are dependent on their caregivers for co-regulation during the first years, they begin to gain early regulatory abilities through social interactions as well as their own cognitive development. These early regulatory abilities continue to increase with the maturation of both the prefrontal cortex and the vagal system. Importantly, theoretical accounts have suggested that the prefrontal cortex and the vagal system are linked through forward and backward feedback loops via the limbic system. Decreased coupling within this link is suggested to be associated with psychopathology. The primary goal of this study is to examine whether intrapersonal coupling of prefrontal brain activity and respiratory sinus a

SUBMITTER: Nguyen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8703057 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature