From psychological moments to mortality

• Verfasst von: Kemp, Andrew H. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Koenig, Julian [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Thayer, Julian F. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: From psychological moments to mortality
• Titelzusatz: a multidisciplinary synthesis on heart rate variability spanning the continuum of time
• Verf.angabe: Andrew H. Kemp, Julian Koenig, Julian F. Thayer
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: 6 September 2017
• Umfang: 21 S.
• Fussnoten: Available online: 6 September 2017 ; Gesehen am 06.08.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Neuroscience & biobehavioral reviews
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1978
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 83(2017), Seite 547-567
• ISSN Quelle: 1873-7528
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.09.006
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Atherosclerosis
• Sach-SW: Autonomic nervous system
• Sach-SW: Biomarkers
• Sach-SW: Emotion
• Sach-SW: Epidemiology
• Sach-SW: Health psychology
• Sach-SW: Heart rate variability
• Sach-SW: Inflammation
• Sach-SW: Mental health
• Sach-SW: Mood
• Sach-SW: Morbidity
• Sach-SW: Mortality
• Sach-SW: Neurovisceral integration model
• Sach-SW: Physical health
• Sach-SW: Polyvagal theory
• Sach-SW: Psychiatry
• Sach-SW: Psychophysiological flexibility
• Sach-SW: Psychophysiology
• Sach-SW: Public health
• Sach-SW: Resilience
• K10plus-PPN: 1578269172

Abstract

Heart rate variability (HRV) indexes functioning of the vagus nerve, arguably the most important nerve in the human body. The Neurovisceral Integration Model has provided a structural framework for understanding brain-body integration, highlighting the role of the vagus in adaptation to the environment. In the present paper, we emphasise a temporal framework in which HRV may be considered a missing, structural link between psychological moments and mortality, a proposal we label as Neurovisceral Integration Across a Continuum of Time (or NIACT). This new framework places neurovisceral integration on a dimension of time, highlighting implications for lifespan development and healthy aging, and helping to bridge the gap between clearly demarcated disciplines such as psychology and epidemiology. The NIACT provides a novel framework, which conceptualizes how everyday psychological moments both affect and are affected by the vagus in ways that have long-term effects on mortality risk. We further emphasize that a longitudinal approach to understanding change in vagal function over time may yield novel scientific insights and important public health outcomes.