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Chiara Baiano1, Xavier Job2, Gabriella Santangelo1
1Department of Psychology, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews
|August 17, 2021
Summary
Interoception, sensing the body's internal state, may influence how we perceive the world and others, particularly during tasks requiring embodied mental transformations and empathy.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Embodied Cognition
Background:
- Interoception is the sense of the body's physiological state.
- Perspective-taking involves understanding others' viewpoints.
- The link between interoception and perspective-taking is not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review evidence on the relationship between interoception and perspective-taking.
- To explore how different dimensions of interoception and perspective-taking interact.
- To identify gaps in current research.
Main Methods:
- Review of behavioural studies.
- Analysis of neuroimaging evidence.
- Examination of interoceptive dimensions (accuracy, sensibility, awareness) and perspective-taking types (affective, cognitive, visual).
Main Results:
- Interoception appears to interact with perspective-taking mainly during embodied mental transformations.
- Emotional perspective-taking (empathy) is most strongly related to interoception.
- Limited research has explored all dimensions of both constructs together.
Conclusions:
- Interoception's role in perception and perspective-taking is specific and context-dependent.
- Empathy is a key area where interoception influences perspective-taking.
- Further research is needed to systematically investigate all interoceptive and perspective-taking dimensions.
Keywords:
Affective perspective-takingCognitive perspective-takingEmpathyInteroceptionInteroceptive accuracyInteroceptive awarenessInteroceptive sensibilityTheory of mindVisuo-spatial perspective-takingMore Related Videos
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