Heart Rate Variability, Anxiety, & the Stress Response

We continue our deep dive into HRV with Curt and Jerry. Building on the discussion from last week related to research demonstrating the impact of chronic pain (stress) on heartbeat dynamics, in this week’s episode we discuss the physiology of the anxiety response from a research project investigating differences in HPA Axis and Heart Rate responsiveness among neurotypical children and children with autism with and without co-occurring anxiety. Article for this Podcast: Differences in HPA-axis and heart rate 2014