Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and cognitive functioning in children

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-258

  Staton, Lori ^a   El Sheikh, Mona ^a   Buckhalt, Joseph A ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cognition; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Vagal regulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 66149156571     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20361     Document Type: Article

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