Threat and the Body: How the Heart Supports Fear Processing
Abstract Mental processes depend upon a dynamic integration of brain and body. Emotions encompass internal physiological changes which,...
Knowing your own heart: Distinguishing interoceptive accuracy from interoceptive awareness.
Abstract Interoception refers to the sensing of internal bodily changes. Interoception interacts with cognition and emotion, making...
Neuroimaging and psychophysiological investigation of the link between anxiety, enhanced affective r
Objective: Anxiety is associated with increased physiological reactivity and also increased “interoceptive” sensitivity to such changes...
Fear from the Heart: Sensitivity to Fear Stimuli Depends on Individual Heartbeats
Abstract Cognitions and emotions can be influenced by bodily physiology. Here, we investigated whether the processing of brief fear...
Q&A: Sarah Garfinkel, consciousness researcher, on your sixth sense
Can you detect your own heartbeat? If so, you may have the power of interoception and even have a richer emotional life. Here's how to...