While interoception is of major neuroscientific interest, its precise definition and delineation
from exteroception continue to be debated. Here, we propose a functional distinction …

There is growing attention towards atypical brain-body interactions and interoceptive
processes and their potential role in psychiatric conditions, including affective and anxiety …

Measuring interoception ('perceiving internal bodily states') has diagnostic and wellbeing
implications. Since heartbeats are distinct and frequent, various methods aim at measuring …

We significantly enriched ChillsDB, a dataset of audiovisual stimuli validated to elicit
aesthetic chills. A total of 2,937 participants from Southern California were exposed to 40 …

Aesthetic chills are an embodied peak emotional experience induced by stimuli such as
music, films, and speeches and characterized by dopaminergic release. The emotional …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant public health concern, with only a third
of patients recovering within a year of treatment. While PTSD often disrupts the sense of …

Objectives: Recent survey data suggest that a high proportion of patients with Tourette
syndrome (TS) experience pain, yet pain features in TS have not been previously …

The body is a very special object, as it corresponds to the physical component of the self and
it is the medium through which we interact with the world. Our body awareness includes the …

While rodent models are vital for studying mental disorders, the underestimation of construct
validity of fear indicators has led to limitations in translating to effective clinical treatments …

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system via
several mechanisms (ie, demyelination, synaptopathy, and neurodegeneration)(Jakimovski …