Resting high frequency heart rate variability selectively predicts cooperative behavior
Resting high frequency heart rate variability selectively predicts cooperative behavior
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DOI：
10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.06.011
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发表时间：
2016-10-01
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Mermillod, Martial
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作者：
Beffara, Brice;Bret, Amelie G.;Mermillod, Martial
这项研究探讨了心脏和大脑之间的迷走神经连接是否与亲社会行为有关。多迷走神经理论假设迷走神经活动是亲社会倾向的基础。即使有几个结果表明迷走神经活动与亲社会行为有关，但没有一个人使用亲社会行为的行为测量来建立这种关系。我们记录了48名（42名适合分析）健康成年人的静息状态迷走神经活动（由高频心率变异性（HF-HRV）反映），并测量了他们在鹰鸽游戏中的合作水平。我们还操纵了鹰派和鸽派博弈中相互背叛的后果（严重对温和）。结果表明，HF-HRV与合作水平呈线性正相关，但只有当相互背叛的后果是严重的（相比中度）。这支持i）亲社会行为可能受到迷走神经功能的支持ii）与环境背景相互作用的生理倾向。我们讨论这些结果的理论框架内的多迷走神经理论。(C)2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
This study explores whether the vagal connection between the heart and the brain is involved in prosocial behaviors. The Polyvagal Theory postulates that vagal activity underlies prosocial tendencies. Even if several results suggest that vagal activity is associated with prosocial behaviors, none of them used behavioral measures of prosociality to establish this relationship. We recorded the resting state vagal activity (reflected by High Frequency Heart Rate Variability, HF-HRV) of 48 (42 suitale for analysis) healthy human adults and measured their level of cooperation during a hawk-dove game. We also manipulated the consequence of mutual defection in the hawk-dove game (severe vs. moderate). Results show that HF-HRV is positively and linearly related to cooperation level, but only when the consequence of mutual defection is severe (compared to moderate). This supports that i) prosocial behaviors are likely to be underpinned by vagal functioning ii) physiological disposition to cooperate interacts with environmental context. We discuss these results within the theoretical framework of the Polyvagal Theory. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.