The Role of Interoception in Felt Presence and Psychosis Risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Felt presence (FP) - the sensation of someone nearby without sensory evidence - is common in healthy adults and related to psychosis risk. FP may arise from a misattribution of internal signals to an external source and often occurs when people are alone. Interoception, the ability to perceive one's own bodily signals, may help distinguish oneself from others. FP could relate to interoception across several dimensions: through altered signal perception (interoceptive accuracy), insight into their perception (interoceptive insight), and/or self-reported beliefs (interoceptive beliefs). This is the first study that investigates this potential relationship.

Method

A total of 55 healthy adults completed the heartbeat counting task to assess interoceptive accuracy and

SUBMITTER: Felsenheimer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12716850 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature