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The Respiratory Resistance Sensitivity Task: An Automated Method for Quantifying Respiratory Interoception and Metacognition

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Title: The Respiratory Resistance Sensitivity Task: An Automated Method for Quantifying Respiratory Interoception and Metacognition
Authors: Niia Nikolova, Olivia Harrison, Sophie Toohey, Malthe Brændholt, Nicolas Legrand, Camile Correa, Melina Vejlø, Martin Snejbjerg Jensen, Francesca Fardo, Micah Allen
Contributors: University of Zurich, Nikolova, Niia
Source: Nikolova, N, Harrison, O, Toohey, S, Brændholt, M, Legrand, N, Correa, C, Vejlø, M, Jensen, M S, Fardo, F & Allen, M 2022, 'The respiratory resistance sensitivity task: An automated method for quantifying respiratory interoception and metacognition', Biological Psychology, vol. 170, 108325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108325
Biological Psychology, 170
Biological Psychology
Publisher Information: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Subject Terms: Interoception/physiology, 35-PERCENT CARBON-DIOXIDE, 610 Medicine & health, FEAR, Anxiety, Interoception, 170 Ethics, 3206 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Respiratory Rate, Heart Rate, Psychophysics, ANXIETY, Humans, 10237 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, BRAIN, DYSPNEA, Metacognition/physiology, PERCEPTION, General Neuroscience, Respiration, Metacognition, 05 social sciences, 2800 General Neuroscience, Awareness, DEPRESSION, PANIC DISORDER, REACTIVITY, 3. Good health, Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Dyspnea, RESISTIVE LOADS, Heart Rate/physiology
Description: The ability to sense, monitor, and control respiration - e.g., respiratory interoception (henceforth, respiroception) is a core homeostatic ability. Beyond the regulation of gas exchange, enhanced awareness of respiratory sensations is directly related to psychiatric symptoms such as panic and anxiety. Indeed, chronic breathlessness (dyspnea) is associated with a fourfold increase in the risk of developing depression and anxiety, and the regulation of the breath is a key aspect of many mindfulness-based approaches to the treatment of mental illness. Physiologically speaking, the ability to accurately monitor respiratory sensations is important for optimizing cardiorespiratory function during athletic exertion, and can be a key indicator of illness. Given the important role of respiroception in mental and physical health, it is unsurprising that there is increased interest in the quantification of respiratory psychophysiology across different perceptual and metacognitive levels of the psychological hierarchy. Compared to other more popular modalities of interoception, such as in the cardiac domain, there are relatively few methods available for measuring aspects of respiroception. Existing inspiratory loading tasks are difficult to administer and frequently require expensive medical equipment, or offer poor granularity in their quantification of respiratory-related perceptual ability. To facilitate the study of respiroception, we here present a new, fully automated and computer-controlled apparatus and psychophysiological method, which can flexibly and easily measure respiratory-related interoceptive sensitivity, bias and metacognition, in as little as 30 minutes of testing, using easy to make 3D printable parts.
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DOI: 10.1101/2021.10.14.464418
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2022.108325
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Abstract:The ability to sense, monitor, and control respiration - e.g., respiratory interoception (henceforth, respiroception) is a core homeostatic ability. Beyond the regulation of gas exchange, enhanced awareness of respiratory sensations is directly related to psychiatric symptoms such as panic and anxiety. Indeed, chronic breathlessness (dyspnea) is associated with a fourfold increase in the risk of developing depression and anxiety, and the regulation of the breath is a key aspect of many mindfulness-based approaches to the treatment of mental illness. Physiologically speaking, the ability to accurately monitor respiratory sensations is important for optimizing cardiorespiratory function during athletic exertion, and can be a key indicator of illness. Given the important role of respiroception in mental and physical health, it is unsurprising that there is increased interest in the quantification of respiratory psychophysiology across different perceptual and metacognitive levels of the psychological hierarchy. Compared to other more popular modalities of interoception, such as in the cardiac domain, there are relatively few methods available for measuring aspects of respiroception. Existing inspiratory loading tasks are difficult to administer and frequently require expensive medical equipment, or offer poor granularity in their quantification of respiratory-related perceptual ability. To facilitate the study of respiroception, we here present a new, fully automated and computer-controlled apparatus and psychophysiological method, which can flexibly and easily measure respiratory-related interoceptive sensitivity, bias and metacognition, in as little as 30 minutes of testing, using easy to make 3D printable parts.
ISSN:03010511
DOI:10.1101/2021.10.14.464418