Cardiac activity impacts cortical motor excitability.

Human cognition and action can be influenced by internal bodily processes such as heartbeats. For instance, somatosensory perception is impaired both during the systolic phase of the cardiac cycle and when heartbeats evoke stronger cortical responses. Here, we test whether these cardiac effects orig...

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Main Authors: Esra Al, Tilman Stephani, Melina Engelhardt, Saskia Haegens, Arno Villringer, Vadim V Nikulin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-11-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3002393&type=printable