Atypical autonomic regulation, auditory processing, and affect recognition in women with HIV

•HIV-infected women had less heart rate variability (i.e., RSA).•HIV-infected women had poorer performance on auditory processing task.•HIV-infected women had poorer performance on affect recognition task.•There was a negative correlation between CD4 and accuracy to detect specific emotions. This st...

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Published in:Biological psychology 2013-09, Vol.94 (1), p.143-151
Main Authors: Heilman, K.J., Harden, E.R., Weber, K.M., Cohen, M., Porges, S.W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Affect recognition
Analysis of Variance
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia, Sinus - etiology
Auditory Pathways - physiopathology
Auditory processing
Autonomic Nervous System - physiopathology
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Heart rate
Heart Rate - physiology
Heart rate variability
HIV
HIV Infections - complications
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Immunodeficiencies
Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies
Immunopathology
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Memory Disorders - etiology
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Polyvagal Theory
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reaction Time
Recognition (Psychology) - physiology
Respiration
Respiratory sinus arrhythmia
Retrospective Studies
Statistics as Topic
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Vocabulary
Women
Young Adult
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Summary:•HIV-infected women had less heart rate variability (i.e., RSA).•HIV-infected women had poorer performance on auditory processing task.•HIV-infected women had poorer performance on affect recognition task.•There was a negative correlation between CD4 and accuracy to detect specific emotions. This study examined the effect of HIV on visceromotor (i.e., heart rate and heart rate variability) and somatomotor (i.e., auditory processing and affect recognition) components of a Social Engagement System defined by the Polyvagal Theory (Porges, 1995) that links vagal regulation of the heart with brainstem regulation of the striated muscles of the face and head. Relative to at risk HIV-seronegative women, HIV-seropositive women had less heart rate variability (i.e., respiratory sinus arrhythmia) and had poorer performance on auditory processing and affect recognition tasks. CD4 was negatively correlated with the accuracy to detect specific emotions. The observed indices of atypical autonomic and behavioral regulation may contribute to greater difficulties in social behavior and social communication between HIV-infected women and other individuals in their social network.
ISSN:0301-0511
1873-6246
DOI:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.06.003