Heart Rate Variability (HRV) & Cardiac Vagal Activity

Laborde, S. , Ackermann, S., Borges, U., D'Agostini, M., Giraudier, M., Iskra, M., Mosley, E., Ottaviani, C., Salvotti, C., Schmaußer, M., Szeska, C., Van Diest, I., Ventura-Bort, C., Voigt, L., Wendt, J., & Weymar, M. (2023). Leveraging Vagally Mediated Heart Rate Variability as an Actionable, Noninvasive Biomarker for Self-Regulation: Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(2), 212-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322231196789

Laborde, S. , Wanders, J., Mosley, E., & Javelle, F. (2023). Influence of physical post-exercise recovery techniques on vagally-mediated heart rate variability: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12855

Laborde, S. , Allen, M. S., Borges, U., Dosseville, F., Hosang, T. J., Iskra, M., Mosley, E., Salvotti, C., Spolverato, L., Zammit, N., & Javelle, F. (2022). Effects of voluntary slow breathing on heart rate and heart rate variability: A systematic review and a meta-analysis. Neuroscience & Biobehavorial Reviews, 138, 104711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104711

Laborde, S. , Mosley, E., Bellenger, C., & Thayer, J. (2022). Editorial: Horizon 2030: Innovative Applications of Heart Rate Variability. Front Neurosci, 16, 937086. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.937086

Laborde, S. , Mosley, E., & Ueberholz, L. (2018). Enhancing cardiac vagal activity: Factors of interest for sport psychology. Progress in Brain Research, 240, 71-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.09.002

Laborde, S. , Mosley, E., & Mertgen, A. (2018). A unifying conceptual framework of factors associated to cardiac vagal control. Helyion. 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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00213

Mosley, E., & Laborde, S. (2022): A scoping review of heart rate variability in sport and exercise psychology, International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology. https://doi.org/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. 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. 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. 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

Ackermann, S. P., Raab, M., Backschat, S., Smith, D. J. C., Javelle, F., & Laborde, S. (2022). The diving response and cardiac vagal activity: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychophysiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14183

Schmaußer, M., Hoffmann, S., Raab, M., & Laborde, S. (2022). The effects of noninvasive brain stimulation on heart rate and heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Neuroscience Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.25062

Laborde, S., Strack, N., & Mosley, E. (2019). The influence of power posing on cardiacvagal activity. Acta Psychologica, 199, 102899. doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2019.102899

Strack, N.,Laborde, S.(2018).Effects of power posing on cardiac vagal activity.Paperpresented at the 50. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie, 10-12th May 2018, Cologne, Germany.

Laborde, S., Heuer, S., & Mosley, E. (2018).Effects of a Brief Hypnosis Relaxation Induction on Subjective Psychological States, Cardiac Vagal Activity, and BreathingFrequency.International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 66(4), 386-403. doi:10.1080/00207144.2018.1494449

Minns, D., Mosley, E.,Laborde, S., & Wimshurst, Z. L. (2018).The contribution of cardiacvagal activity on peripheral perception under pressure. Prog Brain Res, 240, 93-107.doi:10.1016/bs.pbr.2018.09.003

Minns, D., Mosley, E.,Laborde, S., & Wimshurst, Z. (2018). The contribution of cardiacvagal activity on peripheral perception under pressure. In M. Sarkar & S. Marcora(Eds.), Progressin Brain Research: Sport and the Brain.

Mosley, E.,Laborde, S., Kavanagh, E. (2017, July) The contribution of coping relatedvariables and vagal tone on dual dart throwing performance under pressure. Paper presented at the 14th International Congress of Sport Psychology (ISSP), Sevilla(Spain)

Laborde S.(2010, June).Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses: Are They the PerfectMarriage to Understand Emotions, Stress and Coping in Handball?Poster presented atthe 15thAnnual Congress of the European College of Sport Sciences, Antalya (Turkey).

Laborde, S., & You, M. (2009, July).Coping Strategies in Table Tennis and EmotionalIntelligence: Cross-cultural study France-China. Poster presented at the AnnualCongress of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Chicago(USA).

Laborde, S.& Chávez, E. (2009, June).High Emotional Intelligence score is related to the useof task-oriented coping in Ecuadorian Sport Science students. Poster presented at the14th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science, Oslo (Norway).

aborde, S., & Dosseville, F. (2009, June).Emotions, stress and coping: longitudinal study ina French near-expert woman handball team.Poster presented at the XIIthISSP WorldCongress of Sport Psychology, Marrakesh (Morocco).

Schmausser, M., &Laborde, S.(2023). Tonic and phasic cardiac vagal activity predictcognitive-affective processing in an emotional stop-signal task. Int J Psychophysiol.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2023.06.008