Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune function — a hidden “sixth sense” called interoception. Now, Nobel laureate Ardem ...

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, ...

A recent study published in Psychophysiology from a team of researchers at the Ivcher Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Technology (BCT institute) at Reichman University (Herzliya, Israel) showcases ...

Sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing – these are the senses we’re probably all familiar with. But we humans may not be limited to just five: some scientists argue for a “sixth sense” – though there ...

"My heart skipped a beat" — a phrase familiar to anyone who's ever received unexpected news — illustrates how bodily sensations are tied to our emotional experiences. Psychology describes the ...

Imagine a world in which our bodies had their own built-in health and wellness data tracker, which kept tabs on our rest, heart rate, and breathing, the way an Apple Watch would. No longer would we ...

Have you ever felt butterflies in your stomach before a big speech? Or a wave of calm after a deep breath? These are examples of interoceptive cues—physical signals from inside your body that ...