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  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Autism Research

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  • Autism is characterized by diverse sensory processing differences.
  • Interoception, the sense of the body's internal state, is inconsistently linked to autism.
  • Understanding interoceptive dimensions in autism is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between autism diagnosis, autistic traits, and self-reported interoception.
  • To examine interoceptive accuracy, attention, and evaluation in relation to autism.
  • To clarify which aspects of interoception are associated with autism.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of questionnaire data from 519 participants (232 autistic).
  • Assessment of self-reported interoceptive accuracy, attention, and evaluation.
  • Statistical analysis correlating interoceptive measures with autism diagnosis and autistic traits.

Main Results:

  • Autistic individuals reported more negative evaluations of bodily signals compared to non-autistic individuals.
  • Higher autistic traits in the general population were associated with greater interoceptive attention.
  • Increasing autistic traits correlated with lower interoceptive accuracy and higher negative interoceptive evaluation.

Conclusions:

  • Interoceptive evaluation, particularly negative interpretations, is significantly associated with autism.
  • Future research should prioritize understanding interoceptive evaluation in autism.
  • These findings contribute to a more nuanced understanding of interoception in autism spectrum disorder.