Key result
Moderate baseline vagal tone in early childhood predicted greater concurrent and longitudinal prosociality compared to low and high vagal tone, demonstrating a quadratic association.
Why the study?
Does moderate baseline vagal tone predict greater prosociality in children compared to low or high vagal tone?
Observational
Does moderate baseline vagal tone predict greater prosociality in children compared to low or high vagal tone?
Moderate baseline vagal tone in children exhibits a quadratic (inverted U-shape) relationship with prosociality, predicting greater helpful and empathic behaviors than low or high vagal tone.
Moderate vagal tone may support child prosociality; leaves open causal autonomic interventions pending prospective trials.
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Miller et al. (2016) reported an observational. Moderate baseline vagal tone vs. Low and high vagal tone was evaluated on Prosociality. Moderate baseline vagal tone in early childhood predicted greater concurrent and longitudinal prosociality compared to low and high vagal tone, demonstrating a quadratic association.
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