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Osnes, Berge, Berrefjord, Simen R., Poless, Pauline G., Sigrist, Christine ORCID: 0000-0002-6718-3230, Koenig, Julian and Sorensen, Lin . Low Heart Rate Variability Is Associated With a Negativity Valence Bias in Interpreting Ambiguous Emotional Expressions. Emotion. WASHINGTON: AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC. ISSN 1931-1516

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Abstract

Most people tend to overstate positive aspects of their experiences, that is, a positive valence bias. However, some people tend to have attenuated attention for negative aspects of perceived information, that is, negative valence bias. This dispositional tendency in either valence is especially significant for emotion regulation as it influences the intensity of later stages of emotional experiences. Heart rate variability (HRV) is used as an index of emotion regulation and for the effect dispositional valence bias has on social cognition. The aim of the current study was to investigate whether a positivity or negativity bias in processing ambiguous facial expressions would predict high or lower HRV, respectively, in a healthy sample. The Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test was presented to a sample of 128 healthy participants (N = 86 women participants), and resting HRV was acquired. In multiple linear regression analyses, the mean accuracy scores for items with positive, negative, and neutral valences were included as predictors of HRV. As a follow-up analysis, we tested whether a general tendency to interpret negative stimulus as positive, that is, a positivity bias, predicted HRV. Higher accuracy on items with negative emotional valence predicted lower HRV. There was no association between accuracy scores on items of positive or neutral valence and HRV. Higher positivity bias predicted higher HRV. The present findings suggest that a dispositional valence bias relates to levels of HRV and, as such, is influenced by the functioning of the vagal system.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Osnes, Berge UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Berrefjord, Simen R. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Poless, Pauline G. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sigrist, Christine UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-6718-3230 UNSPECIFIED Koenig, Julian UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Sorensen, Lin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-674259
DOI:	10.1037/emo0001123
Journal or Publication Title:	Emotion
Publisher:	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
Place of Publication:	WASHINGTON
ISSN:	1931-1516
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language IMPAIRED RECOGNITION; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; POLYVAGAL THEORY; DEPRESSION; COGNITION; MODEL; MIND; ATTENTION; INDEX Multiple languages Psychology, Experimental Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/67425