Key result
Higher resting cardiac vagal tone was associated with better performance on the first 3-minute block of a continuous performance task in normal school-age children.
Why the study?
Does resting cardiac vagal tone correlate with sustained attention performance in school-age children?
Population
32 normal school-age children (fourth and fifth grade)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Should not yet influence clinical attention assessment; hypothesis-generating for vagal tone as a pediatric attention marker.
Observational (n=32)
Does resting cardiac vagal tone correlate with sustained attention performance in school-age children?
Higher resting cardiac vagal tone is associated with better initial sustained attention performance in school-age children.
Suess et al. (1994) reported an observational. Resting cardiac vagal tone was evaluated on Performance measures of sustained attention and cardiac reactivity. Higher resting cardiac vagal tone was associated with better performance on the first 3-minute block of a continuous performance task in normal school-age children.
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