Towards a psychophysics of interoceptive processes: the measurement of heartbeat detection

• Published in: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences Vol. 371; no. 1708; p. 20160015
• Main Authors: Brener, Jasper, Ring, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England The Royal Society 19.11.2016
• Subjects: Awareness; Heart Rate; Heartbeat Counting; Heartbeat Detection; Humans; Interoception; Interoceptive Sensitivity; Psychophysics; Psychophysics - methods; Review; interoceptive sensitivity; heartbeat detection; psychophysics; heartbeat counting

It is difficult to collect objective evidence of interoception. Unlike exteroception, the effective stimuli for interoception are often unknown, and even when identifiable, they are difficult to control experimentally. Furthermore, direct stimulation of the interoceptors is seldom appropriate in hum...