Table 1 Background characteristics of all participants presented as means ± standard deviation.

From: Acute physical-activity related increases in interoceptive ability are not enhanced with simultaneous interoceptive attention

Variable

Mean ± SD

Age

25.98 ± 4.73

Interoceptive accuracya

0.69 ± 0.22

Interoceptive confidencea

5.15 ± 2.20

Resting heartrate

74.02 ± 11.15

Peak oxygen uptakeb

44.07 ± 8.03

Body mass indexc

22.56 ± 3.09

Self-report body-awarenessd

75.12 ± 11.95

Perceived chronic stresse

14.16 ± 5.74

  1. Interoceptive accuracya (IAcc) as measured by Heartbeat Counting Task (HCT—accuracy range: 0–1, and confidence range: 0–10), Peak oxygen uptakeb (\(\dot{\mathbf{V}}\)O2peak), Body mass indexc (BMI), Self-report body-awarenessd—Measured using the body-awareness questionnaire (BAQ-range: 18—126), Perceived chronic stresse—measured using the perceived stress scale (PSS10-range: 0–40).
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