Interoception Blog PR

[OliverACollins]

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[DominiqueMakowski]

I haven't yet read the post, just took a look at the pics :p

• The dendrogram picture is not very sexy, I'd replace eventually with either a figure from the paper or something else
• For the cover image, I think we could convey the content of the post more clearly, for instance the image of someone with a thinking expression and above, bubbles of thought with names of the questionnaires that we discuss

[OliverACollins]

That's all good! What do you think about something like this for the cover image?

[DominiqueMakowski]

Nice one!

[DominiqueMakowski]

@maisiebennett could you help review this

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces a new blog post about the Mint Scale, a novel interoception measurement tool developed by the Reality Bending Lab. The post compares existing interoception scales and presents the Mint Scale as an improved alternative that addresses context-dependent interoceptive awareness.

• Introduction of a comprehensive blog post explaining interoception measurement challenges
• Detailed comparison of existing scales (BPQ, MAIA/MAIA-2, IAS) with their limitations
• Presentation of the new Mint Scale with its modality-by-context approach and network-based analysis methodology

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[Copilot]

Grammar error: 'regulates' should be 'regulate' to match the plural subject 'we'.

Suggested change

	- **Meta-cognitive beliefs** = our self-awareness of our own beliefs- including how we regulates our thoughts, which relates to emotions. These have implications into what coping strategies we may use.
	- **Meta-cognitive beliefs** = our self-awareness of our own beliefs- including how we regulate our thoughts, which relates to emotions. These have implications into what coping strategies we may use.

[Copilot]

Awkward phrasing: 'have implications into' should be 'have implications for' or 'inform'.

Suggested change

	- **Meta-cognitive beliefs** = our self-awareness of our own beliefs- including how we regulates our thoughts, which relates to emotions. These have implications into what coping strategies we may use.
	- **Meta-cognitive beliefs** = our self-awareness of our own beliefs- including how we regulates our thoughts, which relates to emotions. These have implications for what coping strategies we may use.

[OliverACollins]

@sh-roisin has suggested that we could use the node diagram from the preprint rather than the dendrogram! What do you guys think?

[RoisinSharma]

It's true, I think it could be good to have a visual demonstration of the complex connections involved in the hierarchical clustering, although I understand if it looks too complicated for the blog format :)

[DominiqueMakowski]

TODO:

1. Add a Reference section with the references rather than a Footnotes
2. Revise the flow so that it is more about the different questionnaires than a summary of the MINT. For isntance:

• Intro section: paragraph on interoception and the challenges of measuring it via self-reports
• Questionnaires overvew section: One big table with all the questionnaires (include also some other ones beyond the 4 "main"-ones
• which one to pick" summary section: discusses possible decisions in terms of tradeoffs (shortness vs. robustness vs. popularity vs. dimensions included) in which we push the mint