Unravelling the Neurobiology of Interoceptive Inference

Micah Allen

doi:10.1016/j.tics.2020.02.002

Unravelling the Neurobiology of Interoceptive Inference

Trends Cogn Sci. 2020 Apr;24(4):265-266. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.02.002. Epub 2020 Feb 24.

Author

Micah Allen¹

Affiliation

¹ Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; Center of Functionally Integrative Neuroscience, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; Cambridge Psychiatry, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: micah@cfin.au.dk.

PMID: 32160563
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2020.02.002

Abstract

What is the function of the insular cortex? Two recent studies (by Gehrlach et al. and Livneh et al.) offer new insight into how this enigmatic brain region integrates interoception and exteroception in the service of emotion. The findings provide much needed causal evidence for the nascent theory of interoceptive inference.

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Brain
Cerebral Cortex
Emotions
Humans
Interoception*
Neurobiology