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Cardiovasculaire adaptiviteit aan de verrichting van aandachts-taken bij kinderen met contact- en communicatieproblemen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

M. Althaus ,
C.C. Aarnoudse ,
L.J.M. Mulder ,
G. Mulder  and
R.B. Minderaa
M. Althaus*
Affiliation:
Universitair Centrum Kinder, - en Jeugdpsychiatrie, Groningen
C.C. Aarnoudse
Affiliation:
Universitair Centrum Kinder, - en Jeugdpsychiatrie, Groningen
L.J.M. Mulder
Affiliation:
Vakgroep Experimentele en Arbeidspsychologie, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen
G. Mulder
Affiliation:
Vakgroep Experimentele en Arbeidspsychologie, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen
R.B. Minderaa
Affiliation:
Universitair Centrum Kinder, - en Jeugdpsychiatrie, Groningen
*
Universitair Centrum Kinder, - en Jeugdpsychiatrie, Hanzeplein 1, 9713 GZGroningen
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Summary

A psychofysiological study of the cardiac adaptivity to attention-demanding reaction time tasks demonstrated that children with a lesser variant of the pervasive developmental disorder (DSM-IV: PDDNOS) exhibit less cardiac responsiveness to attention tasks than healthy children do. We studied changes in heart rate variability (HRV), which were measured in a frequency band ranging from 0.07 to 0.14Hz. During the performance of an attention task, healthy children exhibited task load-related decreases in HRV. These decreases were found to be significantly smaller and not task load-related in a group of children with a PDDNOS who were judged to be not hyperactive. The decreases in HRV during task performance were almost absent in children with a PDDNOS who were moreover judged to be hyperactive. The magnitude of HRV decreases appeared to be significantly related to one of our task performance measures and to behaviour problems reported by the parents. Our results suggest a diminished vagal adaptivity to attention-demanding task situations in children with a PDDNOS, which is related to their resistance to unexpected changes in their daily routines.

Keywords

Attentionheart rate variabilityinformation processingsocial adaptivityvagal adaptivityAandachthartslagvariabiliteitinformatie-verwerkingsociale adaptiviteitvagale adaptiviteit
Type
Research Article
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 103 - 109
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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