Age differences in interoceptive sensitivity and the effects on emotional processing and memory

Cognition and Behaviour | Centre for Psychological Research

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Aims of the programme

The Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience Programme brings together Leeds Beckett psychologists who are interested in the workings of the human mind and brain. Our members apply a range of methodologies to answer diverse research questions. This may involve analysing behavioural data obtained from healthy participants or special populations or analysing electrophysiological information or body movement. The specific research interests of members centre around the following themes in psychology:

Emotion and Memory (Kata Pauly-Takacs)
Cognition in Action (Andrew Wilson)
Psychology of Addiction (Therese Fozard, Zoe Kolokotroni, Jason Round, Danielle Selby)
Learning, Education and Development (Sarah Asquith, Neil Dugdale, Emma Dunmore, Lisa Harkry, Ellie Willard, Lydia Windisch, Maria Zammit)

scope of the programme

The programme is fully aligned with the REF Strategy of the University with our outputs contributing to Unit 4: Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience and Unit 3: Allied Health Professions.

Programme leads

Dr Zoe Kolokotroni

Senior Lecturer / School Of Humanities And Social Sciences
Dr Kata Pauly-Takacs

Senior Lecturer / School Of Humanities And Social Sciences

Recent internally funded projects

Interoception is tightly linked to our emotional feeling states, influencing cognition and behaviour. Aging is associated with a decline in interoception and cognition, suggesting changes in the experience of emotions across the lifespan. The current project investigates age differences in interoception and probes emotional processing and memory. The aim of this project is to enrich our understanding of age-related interoceptive changes and to characterise the developmental trajectory of emotion and cognition.