Different emotions are accompanied by different bodily states and it is unclear which brain
structures are involved in both, the cerebral representation of the bodily change and the …

Interoception is the ability to perceive one's internal body state including visceral sensations.
Heart-focused interoception has received particular attention, in part due to a readily …

Afferent signals from the body play an important role for emotional and motivational aspects
of behavior. Nevertheless, little is known about the cortical and subcortical structures …

The perception of visceral signals plays a crucial role in many theories of emotions. The
present study was designed to investigate the relationship between interoceptive awareness …

Exteroceptive bodily signals (including tactile, proprioceptive and visual signals) are
important information contributing to self‐consciousness. Moreover, prominent theories …

Influential models highlight the central integration of bodily arousal with emotion. Some
emotions, notably disgust, are more closely coupled to visceral state than others. Cardiac …

States of peripheral autonomic arousal accompany emotional behaviour, physical exercise
and cognitive effort, and their central representation may influence decision making and the …

We briefly review the evidence for distinct neuroanatomical substrates that underlie
interoception in humans, and we explain how they substantialize feelings from the body (in …

Recent studies in cognitive neuroscience have suggested that the integration of information
about the internal bodily state and the external environment is crucial for the experience of …

Respiration and heartbeat continuously interact within the living organism at many different
levels, representing two of the main oscillatory rhythms of the body and providing major …