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This study shows how visual and heart signals integrate in the brain to shape body ownership. Synchronizing visual cues with heartbeats altered self-face recognition and neural responses, highlighting interoceptive accuracy

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

Background:

  • Body ownership relies on integrating internal (interoceptive) and external (exteroceptive) bodily signals.
  • The neural mechanisms underlying this integration remain largely unknown.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how integrating visual and cardiac information influences self-face recognition and neural responses.
  • To explore the role of interoceptive accuracy in bodily self-awareness.

Main Methods:

  • A modified Enfacement Illusion was used, projecting a pulsing shade synchronized or desynchronized with participants' heartbeats onto a morphed facial image.
  • Experiment 1 assessed self-face recognition, while Experiment 2 measured neural responses using the Heartbeat Evoked Potential (HEP).

Main Results:

  • Synchronous cardio-visual stimulation increased self-identification with the morphed face compared to asynchronous stimulation.
  • Heartbeat synchronicity modulated the HEP amplitude, indicating altered cortical interoceptive processing.
  • The strength of these effects correlated positively with individual interoceptive accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • Provides the first direct neural evidence for the integration of interoceptive and exteroceptive signals in bodily self-awareness.
  • Suggests that accurate interoception is crucial for the integration of bodily signals and the sense of self.