Scholars have argued for centuries that affective states involve interoception, or
representations of the state of the body. Yet, we lack a mechanistic understanding of how …

Interoception, the sensing of internal bodily signals, is intricately linked with the experience
of emotions. Various theoretical models of emotion incorporate aspects of interoception as a …

Moral psychology has long debated whether moral judgment is rooted in harm versus affect.
We reconcile this debate with the affective harm account (AHA) of moral judgment. The AHA …

This review article explores the dynamic relationship between stressors and stress from a
historical view as well as a vision towards the future of stress research via virtual reality (VR) …

Growing work suggests that interoception, that is, representations of one's internal bodily
changes, plays a role in sha** emotional experiences. Past studies primarily examine …

Background Beta-blocker prescriptions for patients with anxiety increased substantially
between 2003 and 2018, yet there is no clinical guidance concerning their use. A previous …

Arrhythmias and depression are recognized as diseases of the heart and brain, respectively,
and both are major health threats that often co-occur with a bidirectional causal relationship …

Objective Psychosocial stress is transduced into disease risk through energy-dependent
release of hormones from the HPA and SAM axes. The levels of glucocorticoid and …

Arterial blood pressure monitoring plays an important role in preventive medicine, allowing,
in selected cases, the identification of vascular dysfunction. In this review, we propose a new …

It has long been recognized that psychological stress contributes to heart disease.
Prolonged psychological stress is now seen as an important risk factor for the entire vascular …