The Body in the Mind: On the Relationship Between Interoception and Embodiment

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 692-704

  Herbert, Beate M ^a   Pollatos, Olga ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Disturbances of embodiment; Eating disorder; Emotions; Interoception; Interoceptive awareness; Self; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EATING DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84867583614     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-8765.2012.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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