TY  - JOUR
A1  - Herbert, Beate M.
A1  - Pollatos, Olga
T1  - The body in the mind On the relationship between interoception and embodiment
JF  - Topics in cognitive science
N2  - The processing, representation, and perception of bodily signals (interoception) plays an important role for human behavior. Theories of embodied cognition hold that higher cognitive processes operate on perceptual symbols and that concept use involves reactivations of the sensory-motor states that occur during experience with the world. Similarly, activation of interoceptive representations and meta-representations of bodily signals supporting interoceptive awareness are profoundly associated with emotional experience and cognitive functions. This article gives an overview over present findings and models on interoception and mechanisms of embodiment and highlights its relevance for disorders that are suggested to represent a translation deficit of bodily states into subjective feelings and self-awareness.
KW  - Interoception
KW  - Interoceptive awareness
KW  - Emotions
KW  - Time perception
KW  - Disturbances of embodiment
KW  - Alexithymia
KW  - Eating disorder
KW  - Self
Y1  - 2012
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01189.x
SN  - 1756-8757
VL  - 4
IS  - 4
SP  - 692
EP  - 704
PB  - Wiley-Blackwell
CY  - Hoboken
ER  -