MIND YOUR BODY:

INWARD BOUNDT H E M Y S T E R I O U S C O N N E C T I O N B E T W E E N

E M O T I O N A N D P H Y S I C A L S E N S AT I O N I S C O M I N G I N T O E V E R - S H A R P E R F O C U S .

ARTICLE

Written by : Tori Rodriguez

Published in : Psychology Today

Published on : March'9 2015

SENSORY PERCEPTION

INTEROCEPTION• Hunger • Thirst• Breathlessness• Pain• Temperature• Heartbeat• Muscle• Tension• Bladder pressure• Itching

INTEROCEPTION IS A MATTER OF

DEGREES…

V I V I E N A I N L E Y ( A N E U R O P S YC H O LO G I S T AT T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F LO N D O N )

INTEROCEPTION

HIGH INTEROCEPTION AWARENESS

" to be more intuitive , experience stronger emotional arousal, have better memory for emotional material, and perhaps be better able to control their negative emotions."

• Associated with clinical problems• Including depersonalisation

disorder• Eating disorder• Experience of physical

symptoms (pain)• Depression

LOW INTEROCEPTION AWARENESS

DEPRESSED PEOPLE ARE

LESS ATTUNED TO THEIR OWN

HEARTBEAT.D A N I E L L A F U R M A N , A D O C T O R A L C A N D I D AT E I N P S Y C H O LO G Y AT S TA N F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y

IMAGE OF NEURO- IMAGE JOURNAL COVERPublished in

Neuro-Image in 2012

Support to the idea that bodily awareness and

emotions are "Intimately linked"

IMAGE OF HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING JOURNAL COVER

Published in Human Brain Mapping in 2013

"That attending to the bodily state underlies awareness of one's emotional state."

I T ' S T O O E A R LY T O S AY T H AT BY M A K I N G

P E O P L E M O R E S E N S I T I V E T O T H E I R

B O D I LY S TAT E , W E W I L L B E A B L E T O C U R E D I F F E R E N T

P R O B L E M S . "A N I L S E T H ( C O G N I T I V E N E U R O S C I E N T I S T A N D C O D I R E C T O R - S A C K L E R C E N T R E F O R C O N S C I O U S N E S S S C I E N C E … U N I V E R S I T Y O F S U S S E X )

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