Recent years have seen a blossoming of theories about the biological and physical basis of
consciousness. Good theories guide empirical research, allowing us to interpret data …

The use of hydrogen energy and the associated technologies is expected to increase in the
coming years. The success of hydrogen energy technology (HET) is, however, dependent …

As the COVID-19 global health disaster continues to unfold across the world, calls have
been made to address the associated mental illness public crisis. The current paper seeks to …

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 …

A century-long debate on bodily states and emotions persists. While the involvement of
bodily activity in emotion physiology is widely recognized, the specificity and causal role of …

Initiating and maintaining behavior change is key to the prevention and treatment of most
preventable chronic medical and psychiatric illnesses. The cultivation of mindfulness …

Emotions arise from activations of specialized neuronal populations in several parts of the
cerebral cortex, notably the anterior cingulate, insula, ventromedial prefrontal, and …

The specific neural systems underlying the subjective feeling of fear are debated in affective
neuroscience. Here, we combine functional MRI with machine learning to identify and …

Functional neurological disorder reflects impairments in brain networks leading to
distressing motor, sensory and/or cognitive symptoms that demonstrate positive clinical …

We review recent work on the functions of interoceptive processing, by which the nervous
system anticipates, senses, and integrates signals originating from the body. We focus on …