Increasing individuals' awareness of their own body signals can lead to improved interoception, enabling the brain to estimate current body states more accurately and in a timely manner. However, certain body signals, such as eye movements, often go unnoticed by individuals themselves. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that providing eye-movement-correlated tactile feedback on the body enhances individuals' awareness of their attentive states, subsequently improving attention. Our results demonstrate the effectiveness of such feedback in redirecting and enhancing attention, particularly in the presence of distractions during long-duration tasks. Additionally, we observed that people's gaze behaviors changed in response to the tactile feedback, suggesting an increased self-awareness of current eye movements and attentive states. Ultimately, these changes in gaze behaviors contribute to the modulation of attentive states. Our findings highlight the potential of eye-movement-correlated bodily tactile feedback to increase individuals' self-awareness of their eye movements and attentive states. By providing real-time feedback through tactile stimuli, we can actively engage individuals in regulating their attention and enhancing their overall performance.

翻译：增强个体对自身身体信号的感知可改善内感受能力，使大脑能更准确、及时地评估当前身体状态。然而，某些身体信号（如眼球运动）却常被个体自身忽略。本研究旨在验证以下假设：提供与眼球运动相关的躯体触觉反馈能增强个体对自身注意状态的觉察，进而提升注意力。研究结果表明，这种反馈在重定向和增强注意力方面具有显著效果，尤其在长时间任务中存在干扰时更为明显。此外，我们观察到个体的注视行为会随触觉反馈发生变化，提示其对当前眼球运动和注意状态的自觉察能力有所提升。这些注视行为的改变最终有助于调节注意状态。本研究发现揭示了眼球运动相关的躯体触觉反馈在增强个体对自身眼球运动和注意状态觉察方面的潜力。通过触觉刺激提供实时反馈，可使个体主动参与注意调控过程，从而提升整体任务表现。