Interoception
In this axis, we investigate novel ways of measuring interoception as well as explore possible relationships between interoceptive abilities and emotion processes. Interoception is broadly defined as the perception of internal bodily states, such as from the cardiovascular, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems. It is hypothesized that interoception is crucial to identify our physiological and emotional needs and to act upon them in order to maintain physiological homeostasis and promote physical and mental health. For instance, it is hypothesized that alexithymia (a personality trait characterized by low emotional awereness) is related to lower interoceptive abilities.
The measurement of interoceptive abilities is, however, challenging. Our research group is devoted to the development of new and improved measures of interoceptive abilities across bodily systems, including the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and across dimensions (both objective performance and self-report based measurements). Further, with these newly developed measures, we aim to explore the correlates of interoceptive abilities and personality traits, emotional abilities, and physical and mental health in general.
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Recent publications & In press & Preprints
2023
Vlemincx, E., Walentynowicz, M., Zamariola, G., Van Oudenhove, L., & Luminet, O. (in press). A novel self-report scale of interoception: The Three-domain Interoceptive Sensations Questionnaire (THISQ). Psychology & Health. DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2021.2009479.
2022
Desmedt, O., Heeren, A., Corneille, O., & Luminet, O. (2022). What do measures of self-report interoception measure? Insights from a systematic review, latent factor analysis, and network approach. Biological Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108289
Desmedt, O., Van Den Houte, M., Walentynowicz, M., Dekeyser, S., Luminet, O., & Corneille, O. (2022). How does heartbeat counting task performance relate to theoretically-relevant mental health outcomes? A meta-analysis. Collabra: Psychology, 8: 33271. DOI: 10.1525/collabra.33271
2021
Van Den Houte, M., Vlemincx, E., Franssen, M., Van Diest, I., Van Oudenhove, L., & Luminet, O. (2021). The respiratory occlusion discrimination task: A new paradigm to measure respiratory interoceptive accuracy. Psychophysiology, 58, e13760. DOI : 10.1111/psyp.13760
2020
Corneille, O., Desmedt, O., Zamariola, G., Luminet, O., & Maurage, P. (2020). A heartfelt response to Zimprich et al. (2019), and Ainley et al. (2019)’s commentaries: Acknowledging issues with the HCT would benefit interoception research. Biological Psychology, 152, 107869. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107869
Desmedt, O., Corneille, O., Luminet, O., Murphy, J., Bird, G., & Maurage, P. (2020). Contribution of time estimation and knowledge to heartbeat counting task performance under original and adapted instructions. Biological Psychology, 154, 107904. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107904
Fournier, A., Mondillon, L., Luminet, O., Canini, F., Mathieu, N., Gauchez, A. S., Dantzer, C., Bonaz, B., & Pellissier, S. (2020). Interoceptive abilities in inflammatory bowel diseases and irritable bowel syndrome. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00229
Vlemincx, E., & Luminet, O. (2020). Sighs can become learned behaviors via operant learning. Biological Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107850
In press
Vlemincx, E., Walentynowicz, M., Zamariola, G., Van Oudenhove, L. & Luminet, O. (in press) A novel measure of interoceptive sensibility: The Three-domain Interoceptive Sensations Questionnaire (THISQ). Psychology & Health.
Walentynowicz, M.* van de Pavert, I.,*, Fierens, L., Coenen, S., Vlaeyen, J., von Leupoldt, A., Van Oudenhove, L., Vermeire, S., Van Assche, G., Ferrante, M., Van Diest, I., (in press) Inflammatory Bowel Disease-related Behaviours [IBD-B] questionnaire: documentation, assessment, and prospective associations with fatigue. Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis.
Bogaerts, K., Walentynowicz, M., Van den Houte, M., Constantinou, E., Van den Bergh, O. (in press). The Interoceptive Sensitivity and Attention Questionnaire (ISAQ) differentiates between and within patients with stress-related bodily complaints versus healthy controls. Psychosomatic Medicine.
Preprints
Desmedt, O., Luminet, O., Maurage, P., & Corneille, O. (2020, September 11). What If the Heartbeat Counting Task Required No Measure of Cardiac Activity?. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yj5s2
Desmedt, O., Van Den Houte, M., Walentynowicz, M., Dekeyser, S., Luminet, O., & Corneille, O. (2020, November 23). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis on the Association Between Heartbeat Counting Task Performance and Mental Disorders and Their Risk Factors Among Adults. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/h3by9
