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Autonomic Nervous System and Cognitive Impairment in Older Patients: Evidence From Long-Term Heart Rate Variability in Real-Life Setting

Background: In geriatric age, cognitive impairment and cardiovascular disorders are frequent comorbidities. Age-related anatomical and functional cardiac changes, including the autonomic system, could interfere with the control of different cognitive domains. Therefore, we assess the relationship between long-term heart rate variability (HRV), as a measure of autonomic nervous system (ANS) functioning, and cognitive performance in […]

Published on March 12, 2020

Advances in Emotion-Regulation Choice from Experience Sampling

Recent experience-sampling studies by Blanke et al. and Grommisch et al. provide insights into how individuals regulate their emotions in daily life. The rich datasets accessible from experience sampling allow researchers to detect nuances in the relationship between emotion-regulation choice and psychological health that may not be observed in traditional laboratory studies. Read Full Article […]

Published on March 12, 2020

Prefrontal Cortex and Consciousness: Beware of the Signals

During binocular rivalry (BR), incongruent, unchanged visual stimulation induces intrinsically generated transitions in conscious content. Due to this astonishing property, BR is commonly combined with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) or single neuron recordings to identify the neural correlates of consciousness (NCCs); namely, brain activity reflecting conscious contents and spontaneous transitions between them. No-report BR […]

Published on March 11, 2020