Interoceptive task-related brain activation

Age is associated with interoceptive task-related brain activation in humans.

“We found that increasing age was linked to decreased activation during the interoceptive task, including the right insular-opercular and supplementary motor areas (SMAs).”

Humansduring a heartbeat detection taskright insular-opercular and supplementary motor areasn = 62

Age-related changes of interoceptive brain networks: Implications for interoception and alexithymia

Emotion (Washington, D.C.)·18 Apr 2024