APS
2026 APS Annual Convention
Neurostimulation, Perceptual Learning and Online Mindfulness Intervention: Novel Approaches to Normalize Dysfunctional Interoception and to Improve Mental Health.
Mental health critically relies on intact interoception, the perception of body signals. We present five different interventions to normalize disturbed interoception: Cardiac and respiratory perceptual learning tasks, transcranial magnetic stimulation, transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation, and online mindfulness intervention. Data on feasibility (effect on interoception) and efficacy (mental health) are presented.
Chairs & Discussants
- André SchulzChair
University of Luxembourg - Olga PollatosDiscussant
Ulm University
Presentations
- Heartbeat Perception Training with Post-Learning Stress and Transcranial Stimulation of the Right Supramarginal Gyrus: Two Separate Mechanisms to Modulate Cardiac Interoceptive Accuracy and Attention.André Schulz, Lisa Lai, Ruta Müller
- Stimulation Parameters Shape Neural and Autonomic Responses to Tavns.Lisa Drost, André Schulz, Claus Vögele
- Can We Train Interoceptive Accuracy? Cardiac, Maybe. Respiratory Not (yet). Data from Cardiac and Respiratory Interoceptive Training with an Exteroceptive Control and an Untrained Gastric Comparison Domain.Anxhela Sulaj, Maaike Van den Houte, Nathalie Weltens, Lukas Van Oudenhove, Andreas von Leupoldt, André Schulz
- “Studicare Mindfulness”: Effects of an Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Mindfulness, Stress, and Interoception In College Students.Christine Schillings, Dana Schultchen, Ann-Marie Küchler, Matthias Mack, Baumeister Harald, Olga Pollatos
