Interactions between interoception and perspective-taking: Current state of research and future directions

[摘要] Interoception, the sense of the physiological state of the body, and perspective-taking, the ability to take an-other's point of view, are two fundamental components contributing to our perception and interaction with the external world. However, whether the perception of our inner body influences how we perceive the external world and other people remains poorly understood. Here, we review recent behavioural and neuroimaging ev-idence investigating the links between dimensions of interoception (i.e., accuracy, sensibility and awareness) and perspective-taking (i.e., affective, cognitive and visual). So far, only a limited subset of these dimensions has been investigated together and the results suggest that interoceptive abilities may only interact with perspective-taking when embodied mental transformations are required. Furthermore, mainly the emotional aspects of perspective-taking are related to interoception, influencing the ability to empathise with others. Future research should systematically investigate the links between all dimensions of interoception and perspective-taking to provide full understanding of the specific role interoception has on how we perceive the world and take another's point of view.

[发布日期] 2021-11-01

[关键词] Interoception;Interoceptive accuracy;Interoceptive sensibility;Interoceptive awareness;Affective perspective-taking;Cognitive perspective-taking;Visuo-spatial perspective-taking;Theory of mind;Empathy