Executive control is a complex high-level cognitive function that relies on distributed brain
circuitry. We propose that the anterior insular cortex plays an under-appreciated role in …

Cognitive neuroscience has traditionally focused on simple tasks, presented sparsely and
using abstract stimuli. While this approach has yielded fundamental insights into functional …

Interoception has historically been assessed using behavioural tests of accuracy, self-report
measures or through the characterisation of neural signals underlying interoceptive …

The brain is a complex, multiscale dynamical system composed of many interacting regions.
Knowledge of the spatiotemporal organization of these interactions is critical for establishing …

Movement, cognition and perception arise from the collective activity of neurons within
cortical circuits and across large-scale systems of the brain. While the causes of single …

Adaptive brain function requires that sensory impressions of the social and natural milieu
are dynamically incorporated into intrinsic brain activity. While dynamic switches between …

Naturalistic stimuli such as movies, music, and spoken and written stories elicit strong
emotions and allow brain imaging of emotions in close-to-real-life conditions. Emotions are …

The ability to accurately perceive signals from the body has been shown to be important for
physical and psychological health as well as understanding one's emotions. Despite the …

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 …

This article outlines how a core concept from theories of homeostasis and cybernetics, the
inference-control loop, may be used to guide differential diagnosis in computational …