Heart Rate Variability (HRV) & Cardiac Vagal Activity

Laborde, S., Mosley, E., & Mertgen, A. (2018). A unifying conceptual framework of factors associated to cardiac vagal control. Helyion. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e01002

Laborde, S., Mosley, E., & Mertgen, A. (2018). Vagal Tank Theory: The Three Rs of Cardiac Vagal Control Functioning – Resting, Reactivity, and Recovery. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12. doi:10.3389/fnins.2018.00458

Laborde, S., Mosley, E., & Thayer, J. F. (2017). Heart rate variability and cardiac vagal tone in psychophysiological research – Recommendations for experiment planning, data analysis, and data reporting. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00213

Laborde, S. (2019). Commentary: About the logical, theoretical, and physiological differences between the pre-task and post-task measurements of cardiac vagal activity. Physiology & Behavior. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2019.112685

Ackermann, S., Laborde, S., Borges, U., & Mosley, E. (2021). Commentary: Photoplethysmography for Quantitative Assessment of Sympathetic Nerve Activity (SNA) During Cold Stress. Frontiers in Physiology, 12. doi:10.3389/fphys.2021.602745

Mosley, E., & Laborde, S. (2022): A scoping review of heart rate variability in sport and exercise psychology, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/1750984X.2022.2092884

Welsh, M. R., Mosley, E., Laborde, S., Day, M. C., Sharpe, B. T., Burkill, R. A., & Birch, P. D. J. (2023). The use of heart rate variability in esports: A systematic review. Psychol Sport Exerc, 69, 102495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2023.102495

Hwang, S., Kim, B., Mosley, E., & Laborde, S. (2026). The association between athletes' vagally-mediated heart rate variability before training and competition and negative affect: a meta-analytic review. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2026.2637015

Alfonso, C., Haydt, V., Allen, M. S., Capdevila, L., & Laborde, S. (2025). Monitoring training adaptation: a scoping review of the relationship between self-reported subjective variables and resting vagally-mediated heart rate variability (vmHRV) in adult athletes. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/1750984x.2025.2541350

Martins, V., Allen, M. S., Borges, U., Laterza, P., Jackovic, M., Mosley, E., Javelle, F., & Laborde, S. (2025). Effects of light exposure on vagally-mediated heart rate variability: a systematic review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev, 106241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2025.106241

Baus, T. L., Ackermann, S. P., & Laborde, S. (2025). Effects of Adding Facial Immersion to Chest-Level Water Immersion on Vagally-Mediated Heart Rate Variability. Sports, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13030064

Zacher, J., Branahl, A., Predel, H.-G., & Laborde, S. (2023). Effects of Covid-19 on the autonomic nervous system in elite athletes assessed by heart rate variability. Sport Sciences for Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-023-01067-7