Interoceptive signals impact visual processing: Cardiac modulation of visual body perception.

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serval:BIB_5612FE669FE5
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Interoceptive signals impact visual processing: Cardiac modulation of visual body perception.
Journal
NeuroImage
Author(s)
Ronchi R., Bernasconi F., Pfeiffer C., Bello-Ruiz J., Kaliuzhna M., Blanke O.
ISSN
1095-9572 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
158
Pages
176-185
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Multisensory perception research has largely focused on exteroceptive signals, but recent evidence has revealed the integration of interoceptive signals with exteroceptive information. Such research revealed that heartbeat signals affect sensory (e.g., visual) processing: however, it is unknown how they impact the perception of body images. Here we linked our participants' heartbeat to visual stimuli and investigated the spatio-temporal brain dynamics of cardio-visual stimulation on the processing of human body images. We recorded visual evoked potentials with 64-channel electroencephalography while showing a body or a scrambled-body (control) that appeared at the frequency of the on-line recorded participants' heartbeat or not (not-synchronous, control). Extending earlier studies, we found a body-independent effect, with cardiac signals enhancing visual processing during two time periods (77-130 ms and 145-246 ms). Within the second (later) time-window we detected a second effect characterised by enhanced activity in parietal, temporo-occipital, inferior frontal, and right basal ganglia-insula regions, but only when non-scrambled body images were flashed synchronously with the heartbeat (208-224 ms). In conclusion, our results highlight the role of interoceptive information for the visual processing of human body pictures within a network integrating cardio-visual signals of relevance for perceptual and cognitive aspects of visual body processing.
Keywords
Adult, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Visual/physiology, Female, Heart, Humans, Interoception/physiology, Male, Photic Stimulation/methods, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Visual Perception/physiology, Young Adult, Body processing, Cardio-visual stimulation, Interoception, Temporo-parietal cortex, Visual-evoked potentials
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Web of science
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