Self-control is linked to interoceptive inference: Craving regulation and the prediction of aversive interoceptive states induced with inspiratory breathing load.
Author: Kruschwitz JD1, Kausch A2, Brovkin A2, Keshmirian A3, Paulus MP4, Goschke T5, Walter H6
Affiliation:
1Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 940) "Volition and Cognitive Control", Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: johann.kruschwitz@charite.de.
2Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 940) "Volition and Cognitive Control", Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
3Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
4Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, USA.
5Department of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 940) "Volition and Cognitive Control", Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany.
6Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Division of Mind and Brain Research, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 10117 Berlin, Germany; Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 940) "Volition and Cognitive Control", Technische Universität Dresden, 01069 Dresden, Germany. Electronic address: henrik.walter@charite.de.
Conference/Journal: Cognition.
Date published: 2019 Jul 19
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Volume ID: 193 , Pages: 104028 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104028. [Epub ahead of print] , Word Count: 190
The interoceptive inference framework suggests that our brain continuously anticipates future states of our body and aims to avoid events that might counteract homeostasis by minimizing prediction errors through active inference; e.g. appropriate actions. If predicted interoceptive models are inaccurate, behavior inconsistent with our long-term homeostatic goals may result; e.g. in failures in self-control. Using a within-subject design including an inspiratory breathing-load task to examine the prediction of aversive interoceptive perturbation and a craving-regulation for palatable foods task, we examined the relationship between self-control and aversive interoceptive predictive models. Those individuals (n = 51 healthy individuals from the general population) who were more accurate in predicting their interoceptive state with respect to anticipated versus experienced dyspnea were significantly more effective in the down-regulation of craving using negative future-thinking strategies. These individuals also scored higher on a measure of trait self-control, i.e. self-regulation to achieve long-term goals. Thus, individuals with more accurate predictive interoceptive models are better able to modulate cravings and thus exert better self-control.
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KEYWORDS: Craving-regulation; Embodied cognition; Inspiratory breathing load; Interoception; Interoceptive inference; Predictive coding; Self-control
PMID: 31330380 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2019.104028
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