title: Resting parietal EEG asymmetry and cardiac vagal tone predict attentional control.
abstract: The present study explores both resting cortical EEG asymmetry and vagally-mediated heart rate variability (HRV), as an index for vagal tone, as physiological correlates of self-reported attentional control in a sample of 53 healthy young adults. Regression analyses indicate that higher vagally-mediated HRV and lower right-sided parietal activity in the β2 frequency range (20-30Hz) are significant predictors of larger attentional control. Results are in line with some of the basic features of the neurovisceral integration model and stress the role of parietal areas in attentional control capabilities, thus aiming to consider attentional control as a trait-like disposition.
authors: University of the Balearic Islands, University Research Institute on Health Sciences, Spain. ballemaria@gmail.com
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Balle
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Bornas
authors: Miquel
authors: M
authors: Tortella-Feliu
authors: Jordi
authors: J
authors: Llabrés
authors: Alfonso
authors: A
authors: Morillas-Romero
authors: Blanca
authors: B
authors: Aguayo-Siquier
authors: Joan Miquel
authors: JM
authors: Gelabert
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D058256:Brain Waves / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012146:Rest; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014630:Vagus Nerve / Q000502:physiology*