Clarifies issues involved in use of heart rate as index of newborn attentional responsivity by reviewing related studies and concluding that heart rate variability can be used in studying attentional responsivity state, and intra-individual and individual variables. (ED)
Heart rate indices of newborn attentional responsivity
Porges, S. (1974). Heart rate indices of newborn attentional responsivity. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 20(4), 231-254.
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