| Title | Relationship between cardiovascular resting state and visual attention. | ||
| Author | Cellini, Nicola; Covassin, Naima; de Zambotti, Massimiliano; Sarlo, Michela; Stegagno, Luciano | ||
| Journal | Clin Auton Res | Publication Year/Month | 2013-Jun |
| PMID | 23625022 | PMCID | -N/A- |
| Affiliation | 1.Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padua, Italy. cellini.nicola@gmail.com. | ||
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular features seem to modulate performance in attention tasks. METHODS: We investigated the relationship between blood pressure, resting heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) and performance in a visuospatial attention task comparing normotensive and hypotensive young adults. CONCLUSIONS: We found an association between resting HRV and visual attention performance only in the normotensive group. In addition, we provided a further evidence of attention impairment in hypotensive individuals.