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May 9, 2014Psychophysiology

Cardiac sensitivity in children: Sex differences and its relationship to parameters of emotional processing

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Why the study?

Does cardiac sensitivity in children correlate with emotional processing parameters and differ by sex?

Population

1,350 children between 6 and 11 years of age

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

AKAnne KochOPOlga Pollatos

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Overview

Supports cardiac sensitivity as emotional marker in children; extends adult data but hypothesis-generating and needs longitudinal confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does cardiac sensitivity in children correlate with emotional processing parameters and differ by sex?

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Population
1,350 children between 6 and 11 years of age
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Intervention
Heartbeat perception task (assessment of cardiac sensitivity)
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Outcome
Distribution of cardiac sensitivity and associations with interpersonal emotional intelligence and adaptabilitypatient reported

Cardiac sensitivity in children shows similar but weaker characteristics and relations to emotional parameters as found in adults, with boys demonstrating higher sensitivity than girls.

Cite This Study

Koch et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69df086dde200760a8614149https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.12233
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