TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pollatos, Olga
A1  - Mönkemöller, Karla
A1  - Groppe, Karoline
A1  - Elsner, Birgit
T1  - Interoceptive accuracy is associated with benefits in decision making in children
T2  - Frontiers in psychology
N2  - Introduction: 
Decision making results not only from logical analyses, but seems to be further guided by the ability to perceive somatic information (interoceptive accuracy). Relations between interoceptive accuracy and decision making have been exclusively studied in adults and with regard to complex, uncertain situations (as measured by the Iowa Gambling Task, IGT). 

Methods:
In the present study, 1454 children (6-11 years) were examined at two time points (approximately 1 year apart) using an IGT as well as a delay-of-gratification task for sweets-items and toy-items. Interoceptive accuracy was measured using a child-adapted version of the Heartbeat Perception Task. 

Results:
The present results revealed that children with higher, as compared to lower, interoceptive accuracy showed more advantageous choices in the IGT and delayed more sweets-items, but not toy-items, in a delay-of-gratification task at time point 2 but not at time point 1. However, no longitudinal relation between interoceptive accuracy and decision making 1 year later could be shown. 

Discussion:
Results indicate that interoceptive accuracy relates to decision-making abilities in situations of varying complexity already in middle childhood, and that this link might consolidate across the examined 1-year period. Furthermore, the association of interoceptive accuracy and the delay of sweets-items might have implications for the regulation of body weight at a later age.
KW  - cardiac perception
KW  - interoception
KW  - emotion
KW  - decision making
KW  - Iowa gambling task
KW  - somatic-marker hypothesis
KW  - childhood development
Y1  - 2023
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/63562
SN  - 1664-1078
VL  - 13
PB  - Frontiers Research Foundation
CY  - Lausanne
ER  -