Relation of heart rate control to heartbeat perception

Whitehead, William E.; Drescher, Vincent M.; Heiman, Peter; Blackwell, Barry

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“…Even if this were the case, the presumed effect size suggests that the influence of meditative experience on resting awareness of heartbeat sensations would be quite small. Sex differences in heartbeat detection ability have sometimes been reported in the literature (Jones & Hollandsworth, 1981;Katkin, Blascovich, & Goldband, 1981;Whitehead et al, 1977; but see Ring & Brener, 1992;Rouse et al, 1988). There were no significant group differences between the proportion of males and females in the current study.…”

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“…Several methods for assessing interoceptive awareness have been described, including gastrointestinal distension (Holzl, Erasmus, & Moltner, 1996), adrenergic stimulation (Cameron & Minoshima, 2002;Khalsa, Rudrauf, Sandesara, Olshansky, & Tranel, in press), and heartbeat perception (Brener & Kluvitse, 1988;Schandry, 1981;Whitehead, Drescher, & Heiman, 1977). The latter, heartbeat perception, is considered the standard and preferred method for the noninvasive assessment of interoceptive awareness, and factors modulating awareness of cardiac sensations have been extensively studied (Brener, Liu, & Ring, 1993;Eichler & Katkin, 1994;Jones, 1994;Knapp, Ring, & Brener, 1997;Ring & Brener, 1992;Rouse, Jones, & Jones, 1988;Schandry, Bestler, & Montoya, 1993).…”

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Interoceptive awareness in experienced meditators

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Attention to internal body sensations is practiced inmost meditation traditions. Many traditions state that this practice results in increased awareness of internal body sensations, but scientific studies evaluating this claim are lacking. We predicted that experienced meditators would display performance superior to that of nonmeditators on heartbeat detection, a standard noninvasive measure of resting interoceptive awareness. We compared two groups of meditators (Tibetan Buddhist and Kundalini) to an age-and body mass index-matched group of nonmeditators. Contrary to our prediction, we found no evidence that meditators were superior to nonmeditators in the heartbeat detection task, across several sessions and respiratory modulation conditions. Compared to nonmeditators, however, meditators consistently rated their interoceptive performance as superior and the difficulty of the task as easier. These results provide evidence against the notion that practicing attention to internal body sensations, a core feature of meditation, enhances the ability to sense the heartbeat at rest. DescriptorsMeditation; Interoception; Heartbeat detection; Awareness; Respiration Meditation is a form of mental training that has been practiced for thousands of years that can be conceptualized as a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory training regimens developed for various ends, including the cultivation of well-being and emotional balance (Lutz, Dunne, & Davidson, 2007). Although typically practiced in the context of spiritual traditions, there has been a notable increase in the therapeutic application of meditation as a complement in alternative medicine. (Arias, Steinberg, Banga, & Trestman, 2006;Astin, Shapiro, Eisenberg, & Forys, 2003;Barnes, Powell-Griner, McFann, & Nahin, 2004).Address reprint requests to: Sahib S. Khalsa, B.S., Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. E-mail: sahib-khalsa @uiowa.edu. 1 This delay, around 250 to 300 ms, has been shown to lead to the perception by accurate heartbeat detectors that heartbeats and tones are "simultaneous" (Brener et al., 1993;Eichler & Katkin, 1994;Jones, 1994;Knapp et al., 1997;Ring & Brener, 1992;Rouse et al., 1988;Schandry et al., 1993). 2 These intervals are similar to those observed when measuring the RPI from the finger pulse (Teng & Zhang, 2006). However, shorter intervals have been reported when measuring the RPI from the ear pulse, possibly due to the shorter distance traveled by the pulse wave (de Boer, Ring, Curlett, Ridley, & Carroll, 2007;de Boer, Ring, Wood, et al., 2007). NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptPsychophysiology. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2009 July 1. Most meditation traditions incorporate attention to internal body sensations as a component of the practice, particularly in the beginning stages of instruction, possibly because the availability of these sensations from moment to moment makes them a convenient object to focus on. The most com...

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“…As research regarding the perception of internal bodily sensations is scarce, future studies may aim at expanding this research. One may think of investigating cardiac interoception also by other paradigms, such as the signal discrimination method in which the participant is cued to judge whether a series of external stimuli are presented simultaneously or delayed relative to one's own heart beat (68,69). One may also further investigate the role of the threat value for hypervigilance towards bodily sensations in an experimentally manipulated stress-related context.…”

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Generalized hypervigilance in fibromyalgia: Normal interoceptive accuracy, but reduced self-regulatory capacity

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Objective: The factors underlying the aetiology of fibromyalgia (FM) are largely unknown.According to the generalized hypervigilance hypothesis (GHH), FM patients show excessive attention towards pain stimuli and other sensory events, thereby increasing pain perception and dysfunctional behaviour. We tested this notion by assessing interoceptive accuracy (IA) in FM patients and matched healthy controls. We also tested the hypothesis that FM is characterized by reduced self-regulatory capacity as indexed by heart rate variability (HRV).Methods: 47 FM patients (Mage = 45.5, 39 females) and 45 healthy controls (Mage = 44.9, 37 females) completed several self-report scales (Body Vigilance Scale, Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Pain Catastrophizing Scale). To derive HRV, heart rate was monitored under resting conditions; for the assessment of IA participants performed a heartbeat tracking task in which they were asked to silently count their heartbeats. Results: FM patients reported higher body vigilance than healthy controls, but there were no group differences in IA. FM patients had lower HRV compared with healthy controls. HRV did not predictor IA. Conclusion: In conclusion, our findings do not support the hypothesis of generalized hypervigilance in FM patients. Patients reported a heightened focus on bodily sensations, which was not reflected in IA. It may be that hypervigilance is not a general and stable characteristic but is rather context dependent and modality-specific.

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“…Anxiety patients, but not healthy volimteers, report increases in anxiety and exhibit increases in physiological arousal when they hear false auditory feedback indicating a surge in heart rate (Ehlers, Margraf, Roth, Taylor, and Birbaumer, 1988). Although such self-reported awareness indirectly suggests heightened accuracy, self-reports of interoceptive sensitivity and objective measures of accuracy tend to have low correlations (Shands and Schor, 1982;Tyrer, 1973Tyrer, , 1976Whitehead, Drescher, Heiman, and Blackwell, 1977).…”

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"Anxiety Sensitivity, Body Vigilance, Interoceptive Acuity, and Cardiovascular Reactivity in the Genesis of Panic"

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Relation of heart rate control to heartbeat perception

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Interoceptive awareness in experienced meditators

Interoceptive awareness in experienced meditators

Generalized hypervigilance in fibromyalgia: Normal interoceptive accuracy, but reduced self-regulatory capacity

"Anxiety Sensitivity, Body Vigilance, Interoceptive Acuity, and Cardiovascular Reactivity in the Genesis of Panic"

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