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Psychology: Techniques and Application ›› 2025, Vol. 13 ›› Issue (9): 544-554.

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The Interactive Effects of Body Posture and Interoception on Interpersonal Sensitivity

  

  1. School of Education Science, Jiangsu Normal University
  • Accepted:2025-07-22 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-08-25

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To investigate the relationship between body posture, interoception, and interpersonal sensitivity, a two-factor mixed experimental design was employed. The study involved 84 university students and utilized a subjective heartbeat perception test, an emotional picture recognition task, and interview methods. The results revealed that: (1) Interpersonal sensitivity was significantly higher in a curled posture compared to an upright posture; (2) Body posture and interoception exhibited an interactive effect on interpersonal sensitivity. Specifically, individuals with high interoception showed higher interpersonal sensitivity in a curled posture than in an upright posture, whereas those with low interoception displayed no significant differences in interpersonal sensitivity across postures. These findings indicate that interoception modulates the embodied emotion effect, demonstrating that changes in body posture influence interpersonal sensitivity only when an individual's interoception reaches a certain threshold. This serves as a necessary condition for
the occurrence of the embodied effect.

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  • B849
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