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On the Relationship Between Interoceptive Awareness and Alexithymia: Is Interoceptive Awareness Related to Emotional Awareness?
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This large sample investigation in a nonclinical population indicates that IA represents a relevant negative predictor for alexithymia, and turned out to be a relevantnegative predictor for the EOT subscale only in men.Abstract:
Interoceptive awareness (IA) is associated with emotional experience, the processing of emotional stimuli, and activation of brain structures that monitor the internal visceral and emotional state of the organism. Alexithymia is characterized by difficulties in identifying and describing one's emotions and externally oriented thinking (EOT) and reflects impairments in emotional awareness and the regulation of emotions. This study examined the relationship between alexithymia and IA in a healthy population of N=155 persons. A well-validated heartbeat perception task to measure interoceptive awareness, the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) and a depression questionnaire (BDI-2) were administered to 88 women and 67 men. IA was inversely associated with all features of alexithymia in the whole sample. When considering sex differences, IA turned out to be a relevant negative predictor for the EOT subscale only in men. This large sample investigation in a nonclinical population indicates that IA represents a relevant negative predictor for alexithymia.read more
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The Body in the Mind: On the Relationship Between Interoception and Embodiment
Beate M. Herbert,Olga Pollatos +1 more
TL;DR: An overview over present findings and models on interoception and mechanisms of embodiment is given and its relevance for disorders that are suggested to represent a translation deficit of bodily states into subjective feelings and self-awareness is highlighted.
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Alexithymia and the Processing of Emotional Facial Expressions (EFEs): Systematic Review, Unanswered Questions and Further Perspectives
Delphine Grynberg,Betty P. I. Chang,Olivier Corneille,Pierre Maurage,Nicolas Vermeulen,Sylvie Berthoz,Olivier Luminet +6 more
TL;DR: A review of studies identified through a computerized literature search of Psycinfo, PubMed, and Web of Science databases revealed that alexithymia is associated with deficits in labelling EFEs among clinical disorders, the level of depression and anxiety partially account for the decoding deficits.
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Interoception and psychopathology: A developmental neuroscience perspective
TL;DR: Atypical interoception may cause onset of psychopathology in adolescence and interoceptive changes may underlie socio-emotional changes in late adulthood.
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Alexithymia, not autism, is associated with impaired interoception
TL;DR: Across two experiments, it was found that alexithymia, not autism, was associated with atypical interoception, indicating that interoceptive impairments should not be considered a feature of ASD, but instead due to co-occurring alexithsymia.
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Differential changes in self-reported aspects of interoceptive awareness through 3 months of contemplative training
TL;DR: Interestingly, the magnitude of observed changes varied across scales, and 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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