Researchers are decoding how signals move between body and brain, with implications for how we understand and treat ...

Interoception is how your brain senses and responds to what’s going on inside your body. “It’s how we know when we’re hungry, thirsty, anxious, or even need to take a deep breath,” says Wen G. Chen, ...

Maintaining a balance of physiological responses at all times is important for humans to function optimally in daily life. This involves processing and integrating signals from both internal and ...

Sometimes our bodies react to the world around us before we realise, so how do internal signals such as a quickening heart or deep breathing affect our thoughts? It was day 29 of a gruelling 600-mile ...

The REDS Lab initial interoceptive research and pilot study includes extensive work by Lauren Forest, a fifth-year clinical PhD student, and Robert White, a psychology undergraduate. Over the past ...

Interoception is a word many people haven’t heard, but it describes something you experience every moment. As you read this, your body sends you messages about hunger, comfort, tension, fatigue, ...

A new study from the Emory University School of Medicine shows gentle vibrations placed on the chest during mindfulness ...

There’s growing evidence that signals sent from our internal organs to the brain play a major role in regulating emotions and fending off anxiety and depression If you’re sitting in a safe and ...

What is "embodied cognition"? It's a captivating theory that proposes that our bodies and minds are not separate entities but intricately connected. The brain's insular cortex is a key part of the ...