12 A pilot investigation of interoceptive accuracy, awareness, and sensibility in functional neurological disorder

Conclusions Individuals with FND did not differ from HCs on interoceptive accuracy or awareness, measured at rest. The lower levels of ‘Not-Distracting’ and ‘Trusting’ seen in this FND sample replicated our previous study, suggesting that there may be a separation between trait and state interoceptive awareness in FND, reinforcing the need for interoception to be considered within a multidimensional framework. The lack of relationship between interoceptive accuracy and awareness in the FND group also implies that there may be a disconnect between actual performance and subjective confidence. Our future work will explore the possibility that interoceptive impairments in FND may be state dependent, measuring these interoceptive domains with other paradigms, in larger samples, compared to both healthy and clinical controls.
Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: The BNPA Members ' Platform Presentations Source Type: research