Interoceptive predictors of daily functioning in aging and their interaction with exteroceptive bodily representations.

ABSTRACT: Aging leads to progressive changes in bodily functions that affect cognition and everyday life. Older adults often experience difficulties in daily functioning due to declines in two interconnected domains: interoception, the ability to sense and regulate internal bodily states, and exteroceptive body representations. While previous studies have noted these connections, systematic investigation into how interoception and exteroceptive body representations jointly influence daily functioning remains limited. This study had two main aims: (1) to develop a battery of tests assessing interoceptive states, multisensory perception, and exteroceptive body representations; and (2) to examine whether early interoceptive changes predict functional decline, potentially interacting with multisensory p

SUBMITTER: Pasciucco MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12920490 | biostudies-literature | 2026

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature