Maister Lara, Tang Teresa, Tsakiris Manos
Lab of Action and Body, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom.
The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Elife. 2017 Aug 8;6:e25318. doi: 10.7554/eLife.25318.
Interoception, the sensitivity to visceral sensations, plays an important role in homeostasis and guiding motivated behaviour. It is also considered to be fundamental to self-awareness. Despite its importance, the developmental origins of interoceptive sensitivity remain unexplored. We here provide the first evidence for implicit, flexible interoceptive sensitivity in 5 month old infants using a novel behavioural measure, coupled with an established cortical index of interoceptive processing. These findings have important implications for the understanding of the early developmental stages of self-awareness, self-regulation and socio-emotional abilities.
内感受，即对内脏感觉的敏感性，在体内平衡和引导动机行为中起着重要作用。它也被认为是自我意识的基础。尽管其很重要，但内感受敏感性的发育起源仍未得到探索。我们在此利用一种新颖的行为测量方法，结合一种既定的内感受处理皮层指标，首次提供了5个月大婴儿存在隐性、灵活内感受敏感性的证据。这些发现对于理解自我意识、自我调节和社会情感能力的早期发育阶段具有重要意义。
