Social anxiety symptoms, heart rate variability, and vocal emotion recognition in women: evidence for parasympathetically-mediated positivity bias.
Annelise A MadisonMichael W VaseyCharles F EmeryJanice K Kiecolt-GlaserPublished in: Anxiety, stress, and coping (2020)
A parasympathetically-mediated positivity bias may indicate or facilitate normal social functioning in women. Additionally, HRV during a symptom- or disorder-relevant task may predict task performance and reveal parasympathetic differences that are not found at baseline.