Interoception refers to the process by which the nervous system senses, interprets, and
integrates signals originating from within the body, providing a moment-by-moment mapping …

Psychiatric disorders encompass complex aberrations of cognition and affect and are
among the most debilitating and poorly understood of any medical condition. Current …

Importance Chronic back pain (CBP) is a leading cause of disability, and treatment is often
ineffective. Approximately 85% of cases are primary CBP, for which peripheral etiology …

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

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

Cognitive function requires the coordination of neural activity across many scales, from
neurons and circuits to large-scale networks. As such, it is unlikely that an explanatory …

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS), with a major impact
on patients' quality of life. Currently, treatment proceeds by trial and error with limited …

To survive, organisms must effectively respond to the challenge of maintaining their
physiological integrity in the face of an ever-changing environment. Preserving this …

Modern psychology has long focused on the body as the basis of the self. Recently,
predictive processing accounts of interoception (perception of the body 'from within') have …