Contingent biofeedback outperforms other methods to enhance the accuracy of cardiac interoception: A comparison of short interventions

ConclusionsThe results provide evidence for the trainability of heartbeat perception. IA improvements may reduce the symptom burden in people suffering from mental disorders and psychophysiological conditions that have been linked to lower interoceptive accuracy such as depression, somatic symptom disorder, chronic pain, and functional somatic syndromes. Consequently, exploration of biofeedback training procedures shall be continued with the aim of identifying relevant mediators of beneficial effects and future implementation in clinical practice.
Source: Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research