Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some ...

Visceral interoception refers to the perception and integration in the brain of afferent (primarily vagal) signals pertaining to the homeostatic state of the body (Craig, 2002). Neuroanatomical and ...

Communication between the body and the nervous system is called interoception and it allows the brain to sense internal states, such as hunger, pain, or heart rate. The vagus nerve is an important ...