Article
Psychology, Clinical
Negar Fani, Alfonsina Guelfo, Dominique L. La Barrie, Andrew P. Teer, Cherita Clendinen, Leyla Karimzadeh, Jahnvi Jain, Timothy D. Ely, Abigail Powers, Nadine J. Kaslow, Bekh Bradley, Greg J. Siegle
Summary: In this study, an exteroceptive augmentation technique called VBFM was tested to improve interoception, attention, and autonomic regulation in trauma-exposed women with dissociative symptoms. The results showed that VBFM led to greater improvements in interoception, sustained attention, and increased connectivity between emotion processing and interoceptive networks. This technique has the potential to be used as a monotherapy or to address barriers to trauma treatment.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Dana Schultchen, Carolin Schneider, Goetz Berberich, Michael Zaudig, Thorsten M. Erle, Olga Pollatos
Summary: Depressed patients exhibit deficits in interoception and attention, with no clear mediating relationship between the two variables identified in this study. Further research is needed to explore the effectiveness of different approaches to improving interoceptive accuracy in depressed patients as a potential aspect of therapy.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Aubrey Dauber, Abby Braden
Summary: Examining the responses of individuals with disordered eating to body image stimuli can provide insights into the unique motivational systems associated with eating pathology. This study investigated self-report and startle responses to a range of body sizes. The results showed that individuals with disordered eating reported higher levels of anxiety and sadness when viewing body images compared to healthy controls. Furthermore, severely underweight body images elicited stronger startle responses compared to severely obese body images.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Ana Y. Martinez, Athena Demertzi, Clemens C. C. Bauer, Zeus Gracia-Tabuenca, Sarael Alcauter, Fernando A. Barrios
Summary: Focused attention to interoceptive processes requires a dynamic brain organization with specific features that distinguishes it from the resting condition, according to this study. By examining the dynamic functional connectivity, the researchers identified recurrent patterns along relevant brain networks and observed a carry-over effect in functional connectivity following the interoceptive task performance. This approach may provide new insights characterizing the neural basis of focused attention, an essential component for human adaptability.
Article
Psychology, Biological
Olivia K. Harrison, Sarah N. Garfinkel, Lucy Marlow, Sarah L. Finnegan, Stephanie Marino, Laura Koechli, Micah Allen, Johanna Finnemann, Laura Keur-Huizinga, Samuel J. Harrison, Klaas E. Stephan, Kyle T. S. Pattinson, Stephen M. Fleming
Summary: This study introduces a task and analysis procedure to quantify different dimensions of interoception, including interoceptive sensitivity, decision bias, meta-cognitive bias, and metacognitive performance. By using an adaptive algorithm and extended hierarchical metacognitive model, it overcomes the challenge of low trial numbers in interoceptive experiments and achieves accurate quantification of interoception.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Vrutti Joshi, Pierluigi Graziani, Jonathan Del-Monte
Summary: This review focuses on interoceptive regulation, specifically on the role of attention and appraisal in matching bodily signals to desired states. Studies suggest that the quality of attention and appraisal regarding interoceptive information influence interoceptive regulation and subsequent adaptive or maladaptive behavioral strategies. Further research and targeting interoceptive attention and appraisal mechanisms in psychotherapy are important for clinical implications.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Mateo Leganes-Fonteneau, Marsha E. Bates, Neel Muzumdar, Anthony Pawlak, Shahriar Islam, Evgeny Vaschillo, Jennifer F. Buckman
Summary: Interoception, the ability to perceive internal bodily sensations, shares physiological pathways with heart rate variability (HRV) and the baroreflex feedback loop. Resonance breathing can activate the baroreflex, increasing heartbeat detection ability, and correlating with air pressure reflex sensitivity (BRS). As resonance breathing induces 0.1 Hz HRV changes, participants' interoceptive accuracy improves.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Neurosciences
Yusuke Haruki, Kenji Ogawa
Summary: This study compared the brain activations associated with attention to cardiac and gastric sensations, and found that gastric attention involved larger brain regions, while cardiac attention selectively activated the right anterior insula. Furthermore, the left dorsal middle insula showed different activation patterns for cardiac and gastric attention. These results demonstrate that attention to cardiac and gastric sensations evoke distinct brain activation patterns, reflecting differences in the functional roles of cardiac and gastric interoceptive awareness.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Ole Asli, Marta F. Johansen, Ida Solhaug
Summary: Mindfulness practice was found to increase prepulse facilitation in the study, using a prepulse inhibition/facilitation paradigm to investigate the effect on automatic attention regulation processes. The brief mindfulness exercise was shown to have an impact on startle response modulation, specifically increasing preparation for upcoming stimuli.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Respiratory System
Jennifer Steinmann, Adam Lewis, Toby J. Ellmers, Mandy Jones, Vicky MacBean, Elmar Kal
Summary: The Breathing Vigilance Questionnaire (Breathe-VQ) is a valid and reliable tool to measure breathing vigilance, which can determine the presence of dysfunctional breathing by examining its correlation with factors such as anxiety and autonomic dysfunction. High vigilance may contribute to breathing disorders and can be targeted in therapy.
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Elizabeth Martin, Colin T. Dourish, Suzanne Higgs
Summary: The association between ADHD symptoms and disordered eating is mediated by deficits in interoception and negative mood. Reliance on hunger/satiety cues is a mediator of the relationship between inattentive symptoms and both restrictive and binge-type eating. Interoceptive accuracy is the most important facet of interoception in the relationship between inattentive symptoms and binge-type eating.
PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Norman A. S. Farb, Zoey Zuo, Cynthia J. Price
Summary: Interoception, the representation of the body's internal state, is important for emotion, motivation, and wellbeing. The neural mechanisms of interoceptive attention are not well understood. A novel neuroimaging paradigm called the Interoceptive/Exteroceptive Attention Task (IEAT) was used to study interoceptive attention. The study found that active interoception deactivated certain brain regions and greater self-reported interoceptive sensibility predicted less deactivation in specific regions. The results suggest that interoceptive attention involves reduced cortical activity but greater connectivity between the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and other brain regions.
Review
Psychology, Biological
Olivia K. Harrison, Lucy Marlow, Sarah L. Finnegan, Ben Ainsworth, Kyle T. S. Pattinson
Summary: The study found inter-relationships between interoception, mood, and attention in individuals with asthma, with negative mood correlating with decreased interoceptive ability and faster reaction times in an attention task. Clustering analysis identified two concordant asthma subgroups and one discordant subgroup based on symptoms, pathophysiology, and mood, suggesting that mood may play a role in interpreting bodily sensations in individuals with asthma.
BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Developmental
Zachary J. Williams, Evan Suzman, Samantha L. Bordman, Jennifer E. Markfeld, Sophia M. Kaiser, Kacie A. Dunham, Alisa R. Zoltowski, Michelle D. Failla, Carissa J. Cascio, Tiffany G. Woynaroski
Summary: This study systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed the literature to compare interoceptive outcomes between autistic and neurotypical individuals. The findings showed that individuals with autism had reduced heartbeat counting performance but higher confidence in their abilities. There were no significant between-group differences in other aspects of interoception. These findings have implications for future research on interoception in autism.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Han-Xue Yang, Han-Yu Zhou, Hong Zheng, Yi Wang, Yan-Yu Wang, Simon S. Y. Lui, Raymond C. K. Chan
Summary: Interoceptive accuracy was measured using the Interoception-Exteroception Synchronicity Judgement (IESJ) task, showing that individuals with lower autistic traits performed similarly to their higher autistic traits counterparts in interoceptive accuracy, exteroceptive accuracy, and balancing scores. The high autistic traits subgroup exhibited higher levels of alexithymia but not empathy or interoception compared to the low autistic traits subgroup.
JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2022)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Carlos Ventura-Bort, Andreas Loew, Julia Wendt, Javier Molto, Rosario Poy, Florin Dolcos, Alfons O. Hamm, Mathias Weymar
COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE & BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2016)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Janine Wirkner, Andreas Loew, Alfons O. Hamm, Mathias Weymar
NEUROBIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY
(2015)
Article
Neurosciences
Carlos Ventura-Bort, Andreas Loew, Julia Wendt, Florin Dolcos, Alfons O. Hamm, Mathias Weymar
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
(2016)
Article
Psychology
Kerstin Jost, Mike Wendt, Aquiles Luna-Rodriguez, Andreas Loew, Thomas Jacobsen
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
(2017)
Correction
Psychology
Kerstin Jost, Mike Wendt, Aquiles Luna-Rodriguez, Andreas Low, Thomas Jacobsen
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-LEARNING MEMORY AND COGNITION
(2017)
Article
Neurosciences
Julia Wendt, Andreas Loew, Mathias Weymar, Martin Lotze, Alfons O. Hamm
Article
Neurosciences
Johannes Daniel Frey, Mike Wendt, Andreas Loew, Stephan Moeller, Udo Zoelzer, Thomas Jacobsen
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
(2017)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Janine Wirkner, Mathias Weymar, Andreas Loew, Carmen Hamm, Anne-Marie Struck, Clemens Kirschbaum, Alfons O. Hamm
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Thomas Jacobsen, Stina Klein, Andreas Loew
Article
Clinical Neurology
Andreas Loew, Johannes D. Frey, Robert Gorzka, Anika Engers, Mike Wendt, Helge Hoellmer, Thomas Jacobsen
CLINICAL EEG AND NEUROSCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Neurosciences
Thomas J. Hosang, Sylvain Laborde, Michael Sprengel, Andreas Low, Niels Baum, Sven Hoffmann, Thomas Jacobsen
Summary: Research suggests that orosensory sugar signals may interact with error processing through the 'liking' component of rewards.
NUTRITIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Kerstin Jost, Mike Wendt, Aquiles Luna-Rodriguez, Andreas Loew, Thomas Jacobsen
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH-PSYCHOLOGISCHE FORSCHUNG
(2019)
Meeting Abstract
Psychology, Biological
Janine Wirkner, Andreas Low, Anne-Marie Struck, Alfons Hamm, Mathias Weymar
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Andreas Loew, Mathias Weymar, Alfons O. Hamm
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
(2015)
Meeting Abstract
Psychology, Biological
Janine Wirkner, Mathias Weymar, Andreas Loew, Carmen Hamm, Anne-Marie Struck, Alfons O. Hamm