title: Relationship between cardiovascular resting state and visual attention.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, Via Venezia 8, 35131 Padua, Italy. cellini.nicola@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cellini
authors.forename: Naima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Covassin
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Zambotti
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sarlo
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stegagno
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014796:Visual Perception; D055815:Young Adult