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  • Social Psychology
  • Cognitive Science

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  • Social cognition, particularly adopting another's perspective, relies on multisensory bodily signals.
  • Interoceptive signals are crucial for self-perception, consciousness, and empathy.
  • The interplay between interoception, empathy, and social perspective-taking requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if manipulating interoceptive cues alters social perspective-taking.
  • To determine if this alteration depends on individual empathic ability.
  • To examine the impact of cardio-visual synchrony on the own-body transformation task (OBT).

Main Methods:

  • Adapted the own-body transformation task (OBT) using a virtual body.
  • Manipulated cardio-visual synchrony by flashing a silhouette synchronously or asynchronously with participants' heartbeats.
  • Assessed empathy using the Empathy Quotient (EQ) questionnaire.

Main Results:

  • Participants with higher empathy demonstrated significantly better performance on the OBT during synchronous cardio-visual stimulation compared to asynchronous.
  • A significant positive correlation was found between empathic ability and the synchrony effect (performance difference between conditions).
  • Synchronous cardio-visual stimulation facilitated adopting the virtual body's perspective, particularly in highly empathetic individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Synchronous cardio-visual stimulation enhances the ability to adopt a virtual body's perspective, likely via multisensory integration.
  • The observed effect is dependent on empathic ability, highlighting a strong link between empathy, interoception, and social perspective-taking.
  • These findings underscore the embodied nature of social cognition and empathy.