Body Influences on Social Cognition Through Interoception

Gao, Qiqi; Ping, Xianjie; Chen, Wei

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02066

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“…In accordance with this assumption, alterations in processing and integration of proprioceptive input can be associated with pathological conditions. For example, a greater reliance on proprioception during the completion of a motor task is associated with impairments in imitation and empathy in autism spectrum, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( Gao et al, 2019 ). In fibromyalgia, however, patients were found to be less reliant on proprioceptive information than healthy controls ( Bardal et al, 2016 ).…”

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Cardiac and Proprioceptive Accuracy Are Not Related to Body Awareness, Perceived Body Competence, and Affect

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Interoception in the broader sense refers to the perception of internal states, including the perception of the actual state of the internal organs (visceroception) and the motor system (proprioception). Dimensions of interoception include (1) interoceptive accuracy, i.e., the ability to sense internal changes assessed with behavioral tests, (2) confidence rating with respect to perceived performance in an actual behavioral test, and (3) interoceptive sensibility, i.e., the self-reported generalized ability to perceive body changes. The relationship between dimension of cardioceptive and proprioceptive modalities and their association with affect are scarcely studied. In the present study, undergraduate students (N = 105, 53 males, age: 21.0 ± 1.87 years) filled out questionnaires assessing positive and negative affect (Positive and Negative Affect Schedule), interoceptive sensibility (Body Awareness Questionnaire), and body competence (Body Competence Scale of the Body Consciousness Questionnaire). Following this, they completed a behavioral task assessing cardioceptive accuracy (the mental heartbeat tracking task by Schandry) and two tasks assessing proprioceptive accuracy with respect to the tension of arm flexor muscles (weight discrimination task) and the angular position of the elbow joint (joint position reproduction task). Confidence ratings were measured with visual analog scales after the tasks. With the exception of a weak association between cardioceptive accuracy and the respective confidence rating, no associations between and within modalities were found with respect to various dimensions of interoception. Further, the interoceptive dimensions were not associated with state and trait positive and negative affect and perceived body competence. In summary, interoceptive accuracy scores do not substantially contribute to conscious representations of cardioceptive and proprioceptive ability. Within our data, non-pathological affective states (PANAS) are not associated with the major dimensions of interoception for the cardiac and proprioceptive modalities.

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“…However, recent consensual views describe interoception as “ the process by which the nervous system senses, interprets, and integrates signals originating from within the body, providing a moment-by-moment mapping of the body’s internal landscape across conscious and unconscious levels ” ( Khalsa et al, 2018 ; Chen et al, 2021 ). In other words, interoception is “ the sense of the physiological condition of the body ” ( Craig, 2002 ), which seems to play a role in emotion ( Critchley and Garfinkel, 2017 ), consciousness ( Seth and Friston, 2016 ), behavior ( Tsakiris and Critchley, 2016 ), social cognition ( Gao et al, 2019 ), pain ( Craig, 2003 ), awareness ( Craig, 2009 ), mindfulness ( Gibson, 2019 ), homeostasis ( Feldman Barrett and Simmons, 2015 ), and various other domains ( Ceunen et al, 2016 ). Furthermore, interoception provides an embodied sensory experience necessary for an adaptive interaction with the environment ( Seth, 2013 ; Farb et al, 2015 ).…”

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Osteopathy and Mental Health: An Embodied, Predictive, and Interoceptive Framework

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Globally, mental and musculoskeletal disorders present with high prevalence, disease burden, and comorbidity. In order to improve the quality of care for patients with persistent physical and comorbid mental health conditions, person-centered care approaches addressing psychosocial factors are currently advocated. Central to successful person-centered care is a multidisciplinary collaboration between mental health and musculoskeletal specialists underpinned by a robust therapeutic alliance. Such a collaborative approach might be found in osteopathy, which is typically utilized to treat patients with musculoskeletal disorders but may arguably also benefit mental health outcomes. However, research and practice exploring the reputed effect of osteopathy on patients with mental health problems lack a robust framework. In this hypothesis and theory article, we build upon research from embodied cognition, predictive coding, interoception, and osteopathy to propose an embodied, predictive and interoceptive framework that underpins osteopathic person-centered care for individuals with persistent physical and comorbid mental health problems. Based on the premise that, for example, chronic pain and comorbid depression are underlined by overly precise predictions or imprecise sensory information, we hypothesize that osteopathic treatment may generate strong interoceptive prediction errors that update the generative model underpinning the experience of pain and depression. Thus, physical and mental symptoms may be reduced through active and perceptual inference. We discuss how these theoretical perspectives can inform future research into osteopathy and mental health to reduce the burden of comorbid psychological factors in patients with persistent physical symptoms and support person-centered multidisciplinary care in mental health.

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“…To experience the body as one's own is a prerequisite for almost every cognitive function and it shapes individual psychological identity [4]. In relation to social interaction, Gao et al claim that they 'provide evidence that the body influences on es social cognition through interoception' [5]. They also 'suggest that improving the sensitivity or accuracy of interoception can enhance one's ability to understand the mental state of others, thereby enabling better social communication' [5].…”

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“…In relation to social interaction, Gao et al claim that they 'provide evidence that the body influences on es social cognition through interoception' [5]. They also 'suggest that improving the sensitivity or accuracy of interoception can enhance one's ability to understand the mental state of others, thereby enabling better social communication' [5]. In sociology, an increased interest in body awareness as a social force towards change has been shown [6].…”

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