#47: What is the Effect of Breathing Room Air With and Without a Breathing Valve on HRV in BI and NBI College Age Females? — Presentation Detail — Celebration of Scholars

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#47: What is the Effect of Breathing Room Air With and Without a Breathing Valve on HRV in BI and NBI College Age Females?

Name: Giana Apostoli
Major: Neuroscience and Biology
Hometown: Kenosha, WI
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Type of research: Independent research

Name: Luke Ehlert
Major: Neuroscience and Psychology
Hometown: Mt Prospect, IL
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Name: Cameryn Eickstead
Major: Neuroscience and Psychology
Hometown: South Beloit, IL
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Name: Sophia Force
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Barrington, IL
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Name: Beth Harshberger
Major: Biology
Hometown: Oswego, IL
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Name: Sebastian Haske
Major: Biology
Hometown: St. Charles, IL
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Name: Mackenzie Horutz
Major: Neuroscience and Psychology
Hometown: Rockville, IL
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Name: Zach Kozmer
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Kenosha, WI
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Name: Grace Labriola
Major: Neuroscience and Biology
Hometown: New Lenox, IL
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Name: Paul Martino
Department: Natural Science
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Name: Jack Massari
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Park Ridge, IL
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Name: Justin Miller
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Name: Daniel Miller
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Name: Hannah Poff
Major: Biology
Hometown: Milwaukee, WI
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Name: Alexandra Rynders
Major: Neuroscience and Psychology
Hometown: Waukesha, WI
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Name: Callie Saperston
Major: Neuroscience and Pyschology
Hometown: Aurora, IL
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Name: Meghan Shilts
Major: Biology
Hometown: Manitowoc, WI
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Name: Katie Talens
Major: Biology
Hometown: Des Plaines, IL
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Name: Sarah Terrill
Department: Natural Science
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Name: Connor Wiseman
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Kenosha, WI
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Name: Olivia Wolf
Major: Neuroscience and Biology
Hometown: Rochester, IL
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Abstract

Heart-rate variability (HRV) analysis has been growing in popularity due to its association with crucial physiologic functions, including cardiac activity, autonomic nervous system activity, and physiologic stress. It is low-cost and non-invasive to measure, and is used by researchers and practitioners across several sub-fields of biology and medicine. Previous studies in our lab have demonstrated that HRV in female college-age students expressing a behaviorally inhibited (BI) temperament is significantly lower than non-behaviorally inhibited (NBI) individuals while breathing room air through a two-way non-rebreathing valve (Martino et al. 2020). These findings suggested that the parasympathetic nervous system is partially inhibited at rest in behaviorally inhibited females; however, it is unknown if the parasympathetic nervous system in these individuals is inhibited prior to or after breathing through a breathing valve. Our current study will address this question by measuring HRV in BI and NBI individuals while breathing room air with and without a breathing valve for 15 minutes each. Raw electrocardiogram signals will be collected throughout the study protocol and will be used to calculate HRV. We hypothesize that HRV in BI individuals will decrease significantly more than NBI individuals during breathing through a breathing valve due to known tendency for BI to cause heightened sensitivity to environmental threats.

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