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- The research introduces a new method called the Interoception-Exteroception Synchronicity Judgement (IESJ) task, alongside the established Heartbeat Tracking Test (HTT), to measure interoceptive accuracy and the ability to balance sensory signals.
- A study involving 119 youths found that those with lower autistic traits performed similarly to those with higher autistic traits in terms of interoceptive and exteroceptive accuracy, as well as balancing scores.
- The findings suggest that individuals with high autistic traits experience more alexithymia (difficulty in identifying emotions) but do not show differences in empathy or interoception compared to those with low autistic traits.
Article Abstract
Interoceptive accuracy has been widely measured using the Heartbeat Tracking Test (HTT). We devised the novel paradigm of Interoception-Exteroception Synchronicity Judgement (IESJ) task to assess participants' interoceptive accuracy, exteroceptive accuracy, and the balancing score which reflected the ability to allocate attentions between interoceptive and exteroceptive signals. This study administered the behavioural paradigms of the HTT and the IESJ as well as other self-report scales to 119 typically-developing youths. Individuals with lower autistic traits (n = 30) showed comparable interoceptive accuracy, exteroceptive accuracy, and balancing scores as their higher autistic traits counterparts (n = 33). Taken together, the high autistic traits subgroup exhibited higher levels of alexithymia but not empathy or interoception than the low autistic traits subgroup.
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