The interrelation between interoception and emotional intelligence: a functional neuroimaging study

O. R. Dobrushina, L. A. Dobrynina, G. A. Arina, E. I. Kremneva, A. D. Suslina, M. V. Gubanova, A. V. Belopasova, P. O. Solodchik, G. R. Urazgildeeva, M. V. Krotenkova

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Abstract

Aberrant interoceptive processing is increasingly recognized as a mechanism of psychosomatic disorders and as a target for therapeutic interventions. The current study was aimed at investigation of the functional neural links between the interoception and emotional intelligence. Interoceptive heartbeat detection task was modified, adopted into Russian and used during functional magnetic resonance tomography in older adults without neurological and psychiatric diseases and with no abnormalities detected by the structural MRI. The study participants also underwent the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test. We found that both emotional intelligence and interoceptive accuracy are related to the task-based activation of the right anterior insula. The revealed mediatory role of the right insula in the link between the interoceptive and emotional processing may influence the development of interdisciplinary approaches to prophylaxis and treatment of the psychosomatic conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)206-216
Number of pages11
JournalZhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatelnosti Imeni I.P. Pavlova
Volume70
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • emotional intelligence
  • fMRI
  • insular cortex
  • interoception

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