Sustained attention is related to heartbeat counting task performance but not to self-reported aspects of interoception and mindfulness.
Consciousness and Cognition October 2021 Luca Vig, Eszter Ferentzi, Ferenc Köteles
Although association between sustained attention and various aspects of interoception (i.e. the perception of the body state) seems plausible, research on this subject is scarce. In the present study, 74 undergraduate students (41 females; age: 22.3 ± 4.04 yrs) filled out the Body Awareness Questionnaire, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and the Somatosensory Amplification Scale and...
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2021.103209 (opens in new tab)
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Mindfulness
Heartbeat counting
Interoception
Interoceptive sensibility
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