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The Body across the Lifespan: On the Relation between Interoceptive Sensibility and High-Order Body Representations by Raimo, Simona (author);Di Vita, Antonella (author);Boccia, Maddalena (author);Iona, Teresa (author);Cropano, Maria (author);Gaita, Mariachiara (author);Guariglia, Cecilia (author);Grossi, Dario (author);Palermo, Liana (author) is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.

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Background: Interoceptive information plays a pivotal role in building higher-order cognitive body representations (BR) that neuropsychological and neuroimaging evidence classifies as action-oriented (i.e., body schema) or non-action-oriented (i.e., visuo-spatial body map). This study aimed to explore the development of BR, considering the association with the interoceptive sensibility throughout the lifespan. Methods: Two hundred thirty-nine healthy participants divided into five age groups (7 to 8 years; 9 to 10 years; 18 to 40 years; 41 to 60 years; over 60 years) completed a self-report measure of interoceptive sensibility (the Self-Awareness Questionnaire; SAQ) and were given tasks assessing the two BR (action-oriented: hand laterality task; non-action-oriented: frontal body evocation task). Results: Both children (7–8 and 9–10 years) and older adults (over 60 years) performed worse than young (18–40 years) and middle-aged adults (41–60 years) in action- and non-action-oriented BR tasks. Moderation analyses showed that the SAQ score significantly moderated the relationship between age and action-oriented BR. Conclusions: The current results are consistent with inverted U-shape

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Author

Raimo, Simona (author);Di Vita, Antonella (author);Boccia, Maddalena (author);Iona, Teresa (author);Cropano, Maria (author);Gaita, Mariachiara (author);Guariglia, Cecilia (author);Grossi, Dario (author);Palermo, Liana (author)

Publisher

MDPI AG

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Neuroscience (Life Sciences)