Body awareness is constructed by signals originating from within and outside the body. How
do these apparently divergent signals converge? We developed a signal detection task to …

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

Theoretical frameworks such as predictive coding suggest that the perception of the body
and world–interoception and exteroception–involve intertwined processes of inference …

Interoception, the monitoring of visceral signals, is often presumed to engage attentional
mechanisms specifically devoted to inner bodily sensing. In fact, most standardized …

Exteroceptive and interoceptive signals shape and sustain the bodily self‐awareness. The
existence of a set of brain areas, supporting the integration of information coming from the …

Neuroscientific studies have mainly focused on the way humans perceive and interact with
the external world. Recent work in the interoceptive domain indicates that the brain …

Interoceptive awareness, an awareness of the internal body state, guides adaptive behavior
by providing ongoing information on body signals, such as heart rate and energy status …

Internal bodily signals, such as heartbeats, can influence conscious perception of external
sensory information. Spontaneous shifts of attention between interoception and …

Interoception is the sense of the internal state of the body (Craig, 2002). This sense is
informed by the reception, representation, and appraisal of ascending autonomic signals …

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