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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychophysiology

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  • The brain processes interoceptive signals from internal organs, including heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs).
  • Accurate HEP measurement requires controlling for non-cardiac neural activity.
  • Uncontrolled analyses can lead to misinterpretations of cardiac-brain coupling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight pitfalls in analyzing heartbeat-evoked potentials (HEPs) without proper controls.
  • To advocate for and validate surrogate heartbeat analysis and pseudotrial correction methods.
  • To investigate the impact of these controls on HEPs during an auditory oddball task.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated data and real electroencephalography (EEG) data from an auditory novelty oddball task were used.
  • Surrogate heartbeat analysis (shuffling heartbeat timings) was employed to verify time-locking.
  • Pseudotrial correction (subtracting heartbeat-independent activity) was applied to HEPs.

Main Results:

  • Uncontrolled analyses falsely suggested an inverse relationship between pre-stimulus HEPs and task measures (P300, reaction time).
  • These spurious effects vanished after applying surrogate heartbeat analysis and pseudotrial correction.
  • Pseudotrial correction successfully removed task-related confounds, potentially revealing true HEPs.

Conclusions:

  • Rigorous control analyses are essential for accurate HEP research.
  • Surrogate heartbeat analysis and pseudotrial correction are effective methods to mitigate confounds.
  • These techniques improve the reliability of studying cardiac-brain interactions in cognitive tasks.