Mental Work Stimulates Cardiovascular Responses through a Reduction in Cardiac Parasympathetic Modulation in Men and Women

Emilie Pérusse-Lachance¹, Angelo Tremblay², Jean-Philippe Chaput³, Paul Poirier^4,7, Normand Teasdale², Vicky Drapeau⁵, Caroline Sénécal⁶ and Patrice Brassard^2,7*

¹Department of Physical Activity Sciences, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada

²Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

³Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ontario, Canada

⁴Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

⁵Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

⁶School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

⁷Research center of the Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Quebec, Canada