Words as social tools: Language, sociality and inner grounding in abstract concepts

AM Borghi, L Barca, F Binkofski, C Castelfranchi… - Physics of life …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The paper introduces a new perspective on abstract concepts (eg “freedom”) and their
associate words representation, the Words As social Tools (WAT) view. Traditional theories …

Cognition, emotion, and the central autonomic network

L Quadt, H Critchley, Y Nagai - Autonomic Neuroscience, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The demands of both mental and physical activity are integrated with the dynamic control of
internal bodily states. The set of neural interactions that supports autonomic regulation …

[HTML][HTML] Interoception primes emotional processing: multimodal evidence from neurodegeneration

PC Salamone, A Legaz, L Sedeño… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - jneurosci.org
Recent frameworks in cognitive neuroscience and behavioral neurology underscore
interoceptive priors as core modulators of negative emotions. However, the field lacks …

Interoceptive technologies for psychiatric interventions: From diagnosis to clinical applications

F Schoeller, AH Horowitz, A Jain, P Maes… - Neuroscience & …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Interoception—the perception of internal bodily signals—has emerged as an area of interest
due to its implications in emotion and the prevalence of dysfunctional interoceptive …

Simulating homeostatic, allostatic and goal-directed forms of interoceptive control using active inference

A Tschantz, L Barca, D Maisto, CL Buckley, AK Seth… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The adaptive regulation of bodily and interoceptive parameters, such as body temperature,
thirst and hunger is a central problem for any biological organism. Here, we present a series …

An interoceptive illusion of effort induced by false heart-rate feedback

P Iodice, G Porciello, I Bufalari, L Barca… - Proceedings of the …, 2019‏ - pnas.org
Interoception, or the sense of the internal state of the body, is key to the adaptive regulation
of our physiological needs. Recent theories contextualize interception within a predictive …

[HTML][HTML] Embodying addiction: A predictive processing account

M Miller, J Kiverstein, E Rietveld - Brain and cognition, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this paper we show how addiction can be thought of as the outcome of learning. We look
to the increasingly influential predictive processing theory for an account of how learning …

Feel the time. Time perception as a function of interoceptive processing

D Di Lernia, S Serino, G Pezzulo, E Pedroli… - Frontiers in human …, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
The nature of time is rooted in our body. Constellations of impulses arising from the flesh
constantly create our interoceptive perception and, in turn, the unfolding of these …

Body as first teacher: The role of rhythmic visceral dynamics in early cognitive development

AW Corcoran, K Perrykkad… - Perspectives on …, 2025‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Embodied cognition—the idea that mental states and processes should be understood in
relation to one's bodily constitution and interactions with the world—remains a controversial …

Active information sampling varies across the cardiac cycle

S Kunzendorf, F Klotzsche, M Akbal… - …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Perception and cognition oscillate with fluctuating bodily states. For example, visual
processing has been shown to change with alternating cardiac phases. Here, we study the …