Interoception enhanced via the ears?
Date
2018-04-24
Authors
Advisors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
0269-8803
Volume Title
Publisher
Journal of Psychophysiology
Type
Article
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
Heartbeat perception tasks are used to measure interoceptive accuracy. This paper explores the effect of reducing external auditory stimuli on heartbeat perception. Three samples (121 participants in total) performed a heartbeat perception task. Samples 1 and 2 wore ear-protectors and sample 3 did not. There were no differences in interoceptive accuracy between samples 1 and 2 but samples 1 and 2 showed significantly higher interoceptive accuracy than sample 3. These results suggest ear-protectors could be used to manipulate heartbeat perception and that the auditory component of heartbeat perception might be given greater consideration.
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Keywords
interoception, heartbeat perception, audition
Citation
Hall, J. K., Lopes, B. and Yu, H. (2018) Interoception enhanced via the ears? A quasi-experimental study of the impact of noise-dampening ear-protectors on heartbeat perception. Journal of Psychophysiology, Advance Articles, 33, pp. 165-170