Interaction of Interoceptive Perception and Emotional Intelligence: A Functional Neuroimaging Study

Interaction of Interoceptive Perception and Emotional Intelligence: A Functional Neuroimaging Study

Impairments to nociception are currently regarded as the pathogenetic mechanism of psychosomatic disorders and as a potential therapeutic target. An aim of the present work was to investigate the functional cerebral grounds linking the perception of internal sensations and emotional intelligence. Th...

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Published in:Neuroscience and behavioral physiology Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 1043 - 1050
Main Authors: Dobrushina, O. R., Dobrynina, L. A., Arina, G. A., Kremneva, E. I., Suslina, A. D., Gubanova, M. V., Belopasova, A. V., Solodchik, P. O., Urazgildeeva, G. R., Krotenkova, M. V.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Springer US 01-10-2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Behavioral Sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cortex (insular)
Emotional intelligence
Emotions
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Intelligence tests
Mental disorders
Neurobiology
Neuroimaging
Neurosciences
Pain perception
Prophylaxis
fMRI
emotional intelligence
interoception
insular cortex
psychosomatic disorders
somatoform disorders
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Summary:Impairments to nociception are currently regarded as the pathogenetic mechanism of psychosomatic disorders and as a potential therapeutic target. An aim of the present work was to investigate the functional cerebral grounds linking the perception of internal sensations and emotional intelligence. The interoceptive paradigm for detection of the heartbeat was modified, adapted to Russian, and used in conditions of functional MRI in middle-aged and elderly people without neurological or mental illness. All subjects carried out the Mayer–Salovey–Caruso emotional intelligence test. The level of emotional intelligence and the accuracy of heart rhythm detection were linked with activation of the right anterior insular cortex. This mediator role of the right anterior insular cortex in the interaction between interoception and emotional processing indicates that it can be regarded as a neural correlate of this interaction in developing approaches to the prophylaxis and treatment of psychosomatic disorders.
ISSN:0097-0549
1573-899X
DOI:10.1007/s11055-020-01003-z