What Does High Rsa Mean

In nonclinical samples, higher resting RSA has been associated with a number of potential indicators of situationally appropriate responding, including more effective coping during periods of stress (Fabes & Eisenberg, 1997), better impulse control (Allen, Matthews, & Kenyon, 2000), and more effective recruitment of …

What does low RSA mean?

Higher resting HRV (greater RSA amplitude) represents better cognitive control of emotions necessary for appropriate processing of negative effect. On the contrary, reduced RSA at rest can indicate maladaptive cognitive reflection to emotional conditions51,52.

What causes RSA?

Background The primary mechanisms of respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) are understood to be the modulation of cardiac vagal efferent activity by the central respiratory drive and the lung inflation reflex, and the degree of RSA increases with cardiac vagal activity.

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