The Cold Shift

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Research Interpretation

Interoceptive performance, self-reported interoceptive beliefs, attention, and metacognitive correspondence are related but distinct constructs.

Statement type
Research Interpretation
Evidence confidence
High
Ice Sack applicability
Not Applicable
Last reviewed
2026-08-01

Evidence synthesis

Empirical work dissociated accuracy, sensibility, and metacognitive awareness. Later conceptual work refined the distinction between measurement method and whether accuracy or attention is being measured.

Limitations

These records do not show that cold exposure improves any dimension of interoception.

Supporting records

Knowing your own heart: distinguishing interoceptive accuracy from interoceptive awarenessBiological Psychology, 2015 · PMID 25451381Classifying individual differences in interoception: Implications for the measurement of interoceptive awarenessPsychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2019 · PMID 31270764Interoception and Mental Health: A RoadmapBiological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 2018 · PMID 29884281
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