Maria L Filippetti

Heartfelt embodiment: Changes in body-ownership and self-identification produce distinct changes in interoceptive accuracy.

Cognition February 2017 Maria L Filippetti, Manos Tsakiris

Interoceptive and exteroceptive information are both essential for the construction and update of self-awareness. Whereas several studies have shown how interoceptive accuracy or cardiac feedback influences body-awareness, no studies have looked at the reverse effect, namely how exteroceptively-driven changes in body-ownership and self-identification can influence individuals' ability to detect...