The relationship between the conscious experience of physical symptoms and indicators of
objective physiological dysfunction is highly variable and depends on characteristics of the …

The role of peripheral physiology in the experience of emotion has been debated since the
19th century following the seminal proposal by William James that somatic responses to …

Interoception refers to the sensing of internal bodily changes. Interoception interacts with
cognition and emotion, making measurement of individual differences in interoceptive ability …

Interoception is the sense of the physiological condition of the entire body. Impaired
interoception has been associated with aberrant activity of the insula in major depressive …

Based on prior research, multiple discriminable dimensions of interoception have been
defined: awareness, accuracy and sensibility. Some investigators defined interoceptive …

Objectives Heightened body awareness can be adaptive and maladaptive. Improving body
awareness has been suggested as an approach for treating patients with conditions such as …

Afferent neural signals are continuously transmitted from visceral organs to the brain.
Interoception refers to the processing of visceral-afferent neural signals by the central …

Depression is characterized by disturbed sleep and eating, a variety of other nonspecific
somatic symptoms, and significant somatic comorbidities. Why there is such close …

The assessment of sexual arousal in men and women informs theoretical studies of human
sexuality and provides a method to assess and evaluate the treatment of sexual …

Interoceptive sensitivity, particularly regarding heartbeat, has been suggested to play a
pivotal role in the pathogenesis of anxiety and anxiety disorders. This review provides an …