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 …

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 …

Long-term space missions require a good understanding of human adaptation to hostile
environments in space. Some professional environments have space constraints that are …

Metacognitive feelings are affective experiences that concern the subject's mental processes
and capacities. Paradigmatic examples include the feeling of familiarity, the feeling of …

Interoception—the perception of our internal bodily sensations—plays a critical role in
shaping an individual's emotions, decision making, self-awareness, and well-being. 1 …

The experience of pain, like other interoceptive processes, has recently been
conceptualized in light of predictive coding models and the free energy minimization …

This paper documents the design process of SENS. OS, a collection of wearables whose
purpose is to offer emotional support to people going through an anxiety crisis. The …

In what capacity are affective augmentations helpful to humans, and what risks (if any) do
they pose? In this position paper, we outline three works on affective augmentation systems …