Author(s): Garneau J; Savard J; Dang-Vu TT; Gouin JP;

Objective: This study examined whether high frequency heart-rate variability (HF-HRV) and HF-HRV reactivity to worry moderate response to cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) within both a standard and stepped-care framework among cancer patie ...

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Author(s): Gouin JP; Wenzel K; Boucetta S; O' Byrne J; Salimi A; Dang-Vu TT;

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether high-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV) during waking restfulness and during worry predicts increases in sleep disturbances in response to a stressful life event. Methods: A longitudinal study ...

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Author(s): Mograss M; Frimpong E; Vilcourt F; Chouchou F; Zvionow T; Dang-Vu TT;

Recent evidence suggests that the autonomic nervous system can contribute to memory consolidation during sleep. Whether fluctuations in cardiac autonomic activity during sleep following physical exercise contribute to the process of memory consolidation has ...

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Author(s): Teel E; Alarie C; Swaine B; Cook NE; Iverson GL; Gagnon I;

Graded exertion testing (GXT) is an important tool for concussion management, as it is used to personalize post-concussion exercise prescription and return athletes to sport. However, most GXT requires expensive equipment and in-person supervision. Our obje ...

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Author(s): Caldwell W; MacNeil S; Wrosch C; McGrath JJ; Dang-Vu TT; Morin AJS; Gouin JP;

Brooding rumination is an intrapersonal emotion regulation strategy associated with negative interpersonal consequences. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a psychophysiological marker of self-regulatory capacity, may buffer the association between ...

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Author(s): Kakon G; Mohamadi AK; Levtova N; Maurice-Ventouris MEI; Benoit EA; Chouchou F; Darlington PJ; Dover G; ...

To understand the variable response to pain, researchers have examined the change in cardiovascular measures to a uniform painful stimulation. Pain catastrophizing is the tendency to magnify or exa ...

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Author(s): Lentini M; Scalia J; Lebel FB; Touma F; Jhajj A; Darlington PJ; Dover G;

Context: Athletes are often exposed to pain due to injury and competition. Using preliminary evidence, researchers have shown that cardiovascular measures could be an objective measure of pain, but the cardiovascular response can be influenced by psychologi ...

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Author(s): da Estrela C; MacNeil S; Gouin JP;

Stress exposure increases risk for depressive symptoms. However, there are substantial individual differences in affective responses to stress. High-frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV), a marker of vagally-mediated parasympathetic activity, has been c ...

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Author(s): Parent M; Albuquerque I; Tiwari A; Cassani R; Gagnon JF; Lafond D; Tremblay S; Falk TH;

With the burgeoning of wearable devices and passive body/brain-computer interfaces (B/BCIs), automated stress monitoring in everyday settings has gained significant attention recently, with applications ranging from serious games to clinical monitoring. Wit ...

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Author(s): Matylda L; Joseph S; Frédérike BL; Fadi T; Aneet J; Darlington PJ; Dover G;

Context: Athletes are often exposed to pain due to injury and competition. There is preliminary evidence that cardiovascular measures could be an objective measure of pain, but the cardiovascular response can be influenced by psychological factors such as c ...

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Author(s): da Estrela C; McGrath J; Booij L; Gouin JP;

Background: Disrupted sleep quality is one of the proposed mechanisms through which chronic stress may lead to depression. However, there exist significant individual differences in sleep reactivity, which is the extent to which one experiences sleep distur ...

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