Balancing the "inner" and the "outer" self: Interoceptive sensitivity modulates self-other boundaries

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 736-744

  Tajadura Jiménez, Ana ^a   Tsakiris, Manos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face; Interoception; Multisensory; Self awareness; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

ADULT; AROUSAL; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84897529372     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0033171     Document Type: Article

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