Cardiac sensitivity in children: Sex differences and its relationship to parameters of emotional processing

Koch, Anne; Pollatos, Olga

doi:10.1111/psyp.12233

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“…Recent work supports this idea: Weiss et al (2014) could demonstrate that IS was positively correlated with self-regulatory capacities as assessed by questionnaire. And also Koch and Pollatos (2014) showed that IS is positively correlated with greater adaptability as assessed by questionnaire in children. It can be followed that interoception helps to preserve limited resources involved in self-regulation, presumably by faster or more differentiated detection of bodily response changes occurring in significant situations such as social rejection and might help to constitute a feeling of higher control over one’s negative experiences in everyday life.…”

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When interoception helps to overcome negative feelings caused by social exclusion

2015

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Social exclusion affects mental and physical health. The ability to regulate emotional responses to social exclusion is therefore essential for our well-being. As individual differences in detecting bodily signals (interoceptive sensitivity, IS) have been associated with the ability of emotion regulation, we aimed at exploring whether IS fosters coping with social exclusion and flexibility in emotion regulation. The first study investigated subjective feelings and behavioral affiliation tendencies in response to ostracism using a cyberball paradigm. Sixty-nine participants were assessed who differed with respect to IS. The second study examined habitual emotion regulation processes focusing on suppression and reappraisal as well as IS in 116 participants. Main results were that the effect of ostracism on distress and behavioral affiliation tendencies were qualified by IS—being ostracized had less impact on participants with stronger IS. Furthermore, Study 2 revealed that IS was associated with habitually stronger emotion regulation strategies. We conclude that having access to bodily signals helps (IS) reducing aversive states provoked by social exclusion, probably due to the fact that IS is associated with emotion regulation strategies.

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“…A cause for this might be that we assessed only male participants who have higher IAc in some studies [1,68]. It might also be the case that the TMS procedure itself increased stress and sympathetic activation which then, in turn, could facilitate heartbeat rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org Phil.…”

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Changes in interoceptive processes following brain stimulation

Pollatos

Herbert

Mai

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The processing and perception of individual internal bodily signals (interoception) has been differentiated to comprise different levels and processes involved. The so-called heartbeat-evoked potential (HEP) offers an additional possibility to examine automatic processing of cardiac signals. Knowledge on neural structures potentially supporting different facets of interoception is still sparse. One way to get insights into neuroanatomical function is to manipulate the activity of different brain structures. In this study, we used repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and a continuous theta-burst protocol to inhibit specific central locations of the interoceptive network including the right anterior insula and the right somatosensory cortices and assessed effects on interoceptive facets and the HEP in 18 male participants. Main results were that inhibiting anterior insula resulted in a significant decline in cardiac and respiratory interoceptive accuracy (IAc) and in a consistent decrease in perception confidence. Continuous theta-burst stimulation (cTBS) over somatosensory cortices reduced only cardiac IAc and affected perception confidence. Inhibiting right anterior insula and right somatosensory cortices increased interoceptive sensibility and reduced the HEP amplitude over frontocentral locations. Our findings strongly suggest that cTBS is an effective tool to investigate the neural network supporting interoceptive processes. This article is part of the themed issue ‘Interoception beyond homeostasis: affect, cognition and mental health’.

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“…Interoception has been shown to be critical for the sense of self and the creation of a subjective perspective from which the world is experienced (Varela et al, 1991;Craig, 2002Craig, , 2009Critchley et al, 2004;Berlucchi and Aglioti, 2010;Park and Tallon-Baudry, 2014). It is also important for awareness and regulation of emotions (Dunn et al, 2007;Silani et al, 2008;Herbert et al, 2011;Füstös et al, 2013;Koch and Pollatos, 2014) as well as empathy (Singer et al, 2009;Bird et al, 2010;Lamm and Singer, 2010;Terasawa et al, 2014). Furthermore, IA is critical for decision making (Sanfey et al, 2003;Dunn et al, 2010;Sütterlin et al, 2013) and self-control of behavior in various situations with impact on health and disease (Herbert et al, 2007(Herbert et al, , 2012aHerbert and Pollatos, 2014).…”

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Differential changes in self-reported aspects of interoceptive awareness through 3 months of contemplative training

Bornemann¹,

Herbert²,

Singer³

2017

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Interoceptive body awareness (IA) is crucial for psychological well-being and plays an important role in many contemplative traditions. However, until recently, standardized selfreport measures of IA were scarce, not comprehensive, and the effects of interoceptive training on such measures were largely unknown. The Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA) questionnaire measures IA with eight different scales. In the current study, we investigated whether and how these different aspects of IA are influenced by a 3-months contemplative intervention in the context of the ReSource project, in which 148 subjects engaged in daily practices of "Body Scan" and "Breath Meditation." We developed a German version of the MAIA and tested it in a large and diverse sample (n = 1,076). Internal consistencies were similar to the English version (0.56-0.89), retest reliability was high (r s: 0.66-0.79), and the MAIA showed good convergent and discriminant validity. Importantly, interoceptive training improved five out of eight aspects of IA, compared to a retest control group. Participants with low IA scores at baseline showed the biggest changes. Whereas practice duration only weakly predicted individual differences in change, self-reported liking of the practices and degree of integration into daily life predicted changes on most scales. Interestingly, the magnitude of observed changes varied across scales. The strongest changes were observed for the regulatory aspects of IA, that is, how the body is used for self-regulation in daily life. No significant changes were observed for the Noticing aspect (becoming aware of bodily changes), which is the aspect that is predominantly assessed in other IA measures. This differential pattern underscores the importance to assess IA multi-dimensionally, particularly when interested in enhancement of IA through contemplative practice or other mind-body interventions.

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Cardiac sensitivity in children: Sex differences and its relationship to parameters of emotional processing

Cited by 65 publications

References 121 publications

When interoception helps to overcome negative feelings caused by social exclusion

When interoception helps to overcome negative feelings caused by social exclusion

Changes in interoceptive processes following brain stimulation

Differential changes in self-reported aspects of interoceptive awareness through 3 months of contemplative training

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