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Resting autonomic function was assessed before and after the intervention using cardiovascular and respiratory indices, including heart rate, heart rate variability, baroreflex sensitivity, respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), respiration rate, and spectral HRV measures. Interoceptive accuracy was assessed using the heartbeat counting task, and interoceptive awareness was assessed using the Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>At baseline, lower respiration rate and heart rate were associated with higher scores on several MAIA subscales. The HRVBF intervention was associated with significant multivariate changes in autonomic function, including decreased respiration rate, increased RSA, and elevated baroreflex sensitivity. Interoceptive accuracy improved modestly following the intervention. Interoceptive awareness also showed a significant multivariate change, with largest increases observed in the subscale Self-Regulation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In conclusion, HRVBF was associated with modulation of resting autonomic regulation and improvements in selected dimensions of interoceptive processing, particularly subjective self-regulatory awareness. Associations between physiological and interoceptive changes were modest, suggesting further research is needed to clarify the relationship between autonomic regulation and interoceptive function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnetp.2026.1846014","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]],"date-time":"2026-07-01T06:21:50Z","timestamp":1782886910000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Physiological correlates of interoception and the effect of heart rate variability biofeedback"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"6","author":[{"given":"Andy","family":"Schumann","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa","family":"Schmitt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katrin","family":"Rieger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elif","family":"\u00c7al\u0131\u015fkan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]},{"name":"Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport, Institute of Sports Science, Friedrich Schiller University Jena","place":["Jena, Germany"]},{"name":"Department of Psychology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, \u0130zmir T\u0131naztepe University","place":["\u0130zmir, T\u00fcrkiye"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Feliberto","family":"De la Cruz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Geisler","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yubraj","family":"Gupta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karl-J\u00fcrgen","family":"B\u00e4r","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lab for Autonomic Neuroscience, Imaging and Cognition (LANIC), Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital","place":["Jena, Germany"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"988","DOI":"10.1016\/S0025-6196(12)62272-1","article-title":"The central autonomic network: Functional organization, dysfunction, and perspective","volume":"68","author":"Benarroch","year":"1993","journal-title":"Mayo Clin. 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