Interoceptive accuracy is associated with benefits in decision making in children

Frontiers in Psychology

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Olga Pollatos¹  Karla Mönkemöller¹  Karoline Groppe²  Birgit Elsner³ 

[1] Clinical and Health Psychology, Institute of Education and Psychology, Ulm University;Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge;Department of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Potsdam

关键词: cardiac perception;    interoception;    emotion;    Decision Making;    Iowa Gambling Task;    Somatic-Marker Hypothesis;    childhood development;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1070037

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Decision making results not only from logical analyses, but seems to be further guided by the ability to perceive somatic information (interoceptive accuracy). Relations between interoceptive accuracy and decision making have been exclusively studied in adults and with regard to complex, uncertain situations (as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task, IGT). Examining 1,454 children (6 to 11 years) at two time points (approximately 1 year apart), the present results revealed that children with higher, as compared to lower, interoceptive accuracy showed more advantageous choices in the IGT and delayed more sweets-items, but not toy- items, in a delay-of-gratification task at time point 2 but not at time point 1. However, no longitudinal relation between interoceptive accuracy and decision making 1 year later could be shown. Results indicate that interoceptive accuracy relates to decision-making abilities in situations of varying complexity already in middle childhood, and that this link might consolidate across the examined 1-year period. Furthermore, the association of interoceptive accuracy and the delay of sweets-items might have implications for the regulation of body weight at a later age.

【 授权许可】

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