Selective interoception impairments and treatment effects in borderline personality disorder
Jella Voelter, Danilo Postin, Christina Müller, Mandy Roheger, André Schulz, Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, René Hurlemann, Dirk Scheele · 2026
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Jella Voelter and seven co-authors probe body-signal sense in borderline personality disorder, in a 2026 study. People with this condition often struggle with stormy feelings and a shaky sense of self. Sensing inner signals, like the heartbeat, ties closely to how feelings are handled. The team split that sense into two parts: how well people track signals, and how much notice they pay them.
Fifty-five patients and 31 healthy peers took lab tests and brain scans before and after four weeks of live-in skills therapy. Patients said they paid less notice to body signals, and that gap tracked with more trouble in close ties. Brain scans showed their signal and outer-focus patterns looked too much alike in two key regions. Tracking skill itself did not differ between groups. Care sharpened some of the weak spots, the authors report.
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| CREATOR | Jella Voelter, Danilo Postin, Christina Müller, Mandy Roheger, André Schulz, Robin Bekrater-Bodmann, René Hurlemann, Dirk Scheele |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |