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Can we test the influence of prosociality on high frequency heart rate variability? A double-blind sham-controlled approach

Brice Beffara, Martial Mermillod, Nicolas Vermeulen
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/078006
Brice Beffara
1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
2CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
3IPSY, Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Martial Mermillod
1Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPNC, F-38040, Grenoble, France
2CNRS, LPNC UMR 5105, F-38040, Grenoble, France
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Nicolas Vermeulen
3IPSY, Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
4Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS), Brussels, Belgium
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Abstract

The polyvagal theory (Porges, 2007) proposes that physiological flexibility dependent on heart- brain interactions is associated with prosociality. So far, whether prosociality has a causal effect on physiological flexibility is unknown. Previous studies present mitigated results on this matter. In a randomized double-blind protocol, we used a generation of social closeness procedure against a standardized control condition in order to manipulate social affiliation as a prosocial interaction factor. High frequency heart rate variability (HF-HRV, indexing physiological flexibility), electromyographical activity of the corrugator supercilii (sensitive to the valence of the interaction) and self-reported measure of social closeness were monitored before, during, and after experimental manipulation. Cooperation was measured after the experimental manipulation as an index of behavioral prosociality. Data reveal no evidence toward and effect of the experimental manipulation on these measures. We discuss methodological aspects related to the experimental constraints observed in social psychophysiology. Implications for the experimental test of the polyvagal theory are approached within alternative theoretical frameworks.

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Can we test the influence of prosociality on high frequency heart rate variability? A double-blind sham-controlled approach
Brice Beffara, Martial Mermillod, Nicolas Vermeulen
bioRxiv 078006; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/078006
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Can we test the influence of prosociality on high frequency heart rate variability? A double-blind sham-controlled approach
Brice Beffara, Martial Mermillod, Nicolas Vermeulen
bioRxiv 078006; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/078006

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