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Improving interoceptive ability through the practice of power posing: A pilot study
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 2, p e0211453 (2019), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019.
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Abstract
- Interoception refers to the detection and perception of signals from the inner body. Deficits in this domain have been linked to psychopathologies, prompting the search for strategies to improve this ability. Preliminary studies have shown that interoception could be enhanced through the manipulation of subjective feelings of power. We tested the effects of adopting powerful postures on different facets of interoception. Firstly, we measured the impact of a single power posing session on interoceptive ability in 41 healthy females. Then, the same participants were randomly assigned to two conditions (daily power posing practice vs. no practice). After one week the conditions alternated. Interoceptive accuracy, measured by the heartbeat tracking task, interoceptive sensibility, measured by the Body Perception Questionnaire (BPQ) and confidence ratings, as well as subjective feelings of power were assessed at baseline, after a single power posing session and after one week of training. A single power posing session significantly increased individuals’ interoceptive accuracy. Also, power posing reduced individuals’ scores on the BPQ after one week of daily practice and increased subjective feelings of power after one session and one week of daily practice. These findings suggest that adopting powerful postures has the potential to increase interoceptive accuracy, as well as subjective feelings of power, and to reduce interoceptive sensibility, measured by questionnaire.<br />publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- Questionnaires
Psychometrics
Physiology
Science
Sensory Physiology
Posture
Heart rate
Emotions
Cardiology
Social Sciences
Pilot Projects
Fragebogen
Anxiety
Sensory perception
Research and Analysis Methods
Interoception
Young Adult
ddc:150
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Humans
Herz
Gefühl
Survey Research
DDC 150 / Psychology
Heart beat
Biology and Life Sciences
Heart
Anorexia nervosa
Healthy Volunteers
Health Care
Health Education and Awareness
Research Design
Kardiotokographie
Medicine
Female
Psychological attitudes
Power, Psychological
Psychometrie
Research Article
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dfc46215651c81b36797b9da011a7689