Interoceptive accuracy is associated with benefits in decision making in children

Pollatos, Olga; Mönkemöller, Karla; Groppe, Karoline; Elsner, Birgit

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1070037

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“… 15 Interoception is essential for feelings of malaise and maintaining homeostasis of the body. In addition, interoception is thought to contribute to consciousness, 1 action understanding and imitation in early infancy, 16 decision making, 17 , 18 sense of agency, 19 spatial perspective-taking, 20 and social judgment. 21 For example, our initial impressions of others tend to be influenced by visceral states, such as cardiac afferent signals.…”

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Interoception in Autism: A Narrative Review of Behavioral and Neurobiological Data

Loureiro,

Ringold,

Aziz-Zadeh

2024

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While exteroceptive sensory processing is a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder, how interoceptive processing may impact and contribute to symptomatology remains unclear. In this comprehensive narrative review on interoception in autism, we discuss: 1) difficulties with assessing interoception; 2) potential interoceptive differences; 3) interactions between neural systems for interoception, attention, sensorimotor processing, and cognition; and 4) potential differences in neural circuits involved in interoception. In general, there are mixed findings on potential interoception differences in autism. Nevertheless, some data indicate differences in integration of interoceptive and exteroceptive information may contribute to autism symptomatology. Neurologically, interoceptive processing in autism may be impacted by potential differences in the development, morphometry, and connectivity of key interoceptive hubs (vagal processing, brainstem, thalamus, insula), though much work is needed on this topic.

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Interoception in Autism: A Narrative Review of Behavioral and Neurobiological Data

Loureiro,

Ringold,

Aziz-Zadeh

2024

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“…Interoception refers to perception of the internal state of one's own body including cardiac, hunger, temperature, pain and respiratory signals (1,2). It plays an important role in social and high-level cognitive processing, including empathy, emotional memory, learning and decision-making (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8). Interoceptive dysfunction has been associated with psychiatric disorders including anxiety, depression, addiction and alexithymia (9,10,2) as well as physical health problems, such as obesity and diabetes (11,12).…”

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Intranasal oxytocin improves interoceptive accuracy and heart-beat evoked potentials in a cardiac interoceptive task

Zhou,

Cheng,

Zhou

et al. 2024

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Background. Interoception represents perception of the internal bodily state which is closely associated with social/emotional processing and physical health in humans. Understanding the mechanism underlying interoceptive processing, particularly its modulation, is thus of great importance. Given overlap between oxytocinergic pathways and interoceptive signaling substrates in both peripheral visceral organs and the brain, intranasal oxytocin administration is a promising approach for modulating interoceptive processing. Methods. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled, between-subject design, 80 healthy male participants were recruited to perform a cardiac interoceptive task during electroencephalograph (EEG) and electrocardiograph (ECG) recording to examine whether intranasal administration of the neuropeptide oxytocin can modulate interoceptive processing. We also collected data in a resting state to examine whether we could replicate previous findings. Results. Results showed that in the interoceptive task oxytocin increased interoceptive accuracy at the behavioral level which was paralleled by larger heartbeat-evoked potential amplitudes on the neural level. Heartbeat-evoked potential amplitudes were found to be positively correlated with interoceptive accuracy across groups. However, there were no significant effects of oxytocin on EEG or ECG during resting-state. Conclusions. These findings suggest that oxytocin may only have a facilitatory effect on interoceptive processing during task-based conditions. Our findings not only provide new insights into the modulation of interoceptive processing via targeting the oxytocinergic system but also provide proof of concept evidence for the therapeutic potential of intranasal oxytocin in mental disorders with dysfunctional interoception.

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The Association Between Longitudinal Changes in Body Mass Index and Longitudinal Changes in Hours of Screen Time, and Hours of Physical Activity in German Children

Hoehne,

Pollatos,

Warschburger

et al. 2024

Obesity Science & Practice

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IntroductionThe association of screen time and physical activity with body weight in children has been investigated in cross‐sectional and prospective studies, as well as randomized controlled trials. The present study extends previous research by examining how longitudinal within‐person changes in screen time and physical activity relate to changes in Body Mass Index (BMI) in children, and how changes in screen time and physical activity relate to each other.MethodsThe data for the present study came from the PIER Youth Study. Data were collected from 971 children and their parents at two time points approximately 1 year apart. A multilevel modeling approach with measurement occasions nested within children was used to model changes in BMI across age.ResultsWithin a child, a change in daily hours of TV viewing was associated with a corresponding change in BMI, whereas a change in daily hours of physical activity was associated with an opposite change in BMI. Within‐person correlations between changes in screen time and physical activity were small but positive.ConclusionThe present findings have important implications for interventions to reduce and prevent childhood overweight and obesity. Specifically, interventions should focus on both reducing daily TV viewing and promoting physical activity.

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Interoceptive accuracy is associated with benefits in decision making in children

Cited by 5 publications

References 88 publications

Interoception in Autism: A Narrative Review of Behavioral and Neurobiological Data

Interoception in Autism: A Narrative Review of Behavioral and Neurobiological Data

Intranasal oxytocin improves interoceptive accuracy and heart-beat evoked potentials in a cardiac interoceptive task

The Association Between Longitudinal Changes in Body Mass Index and Longitudinal Changes in Hours of Screen Time, and Hours of Physical Activity in German Children

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