Sensory processing sensitivity, anxiety, and short-term heart rate variability in older adults living at high southern latitudes

A brief report

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ID15527643
AuthorsDiego Baeza (Eurasian Humanities Institute), Leyla Huirimilla-Casanova (Eurasian Humanities Institute), Claudia Estrada (Universidad de Magallanes), Salvador Buccella (Eurasian Humanities Institute), Matías Castillo-Aguilar (0000-0001-7291-247X, Eurasian Humanities Institute), Cristián Núñez-Espinosa (0000-0002-9896-7062, Eurasian Humanities Institute, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume16
Pages1736196-1736196
Publication date2026-01-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1736196
PMID41601516
OpenAlexW7122422999
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited33

In older adults living at high southern latitudes, SPS appears to be associated with anxiety but not to conventional short-term HRV markers, suggesting SPS may reflects psychological vulnerability rather than parasympathetic dysfunction detectable with brief HRV recordings. These findings highlight the need for context-aware mental-health strategies for highly sensitive older adults in understudied southern populations

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Heart rate variability · Sensory processing · Sensory system · Vulnerability (computing · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Stress Responses and Cortisol

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