My heart is in my hands: The interoceptive nature of the spontaneous sensations felt on the hands

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 143, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-120

  Michael, George A ^a,b,c   Naveteur, Janick ^d,e,f   Dupuy, Marie Agnès ^d,e,f,g   Jacquot, Laurence ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Lyon University   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e LAMIH   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^h University Hospital of Besançon   (France)

Author keywords

Body awareness; Consciousness; Hand; Heartbeat perception; Interoception; Spontaneous sensations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; BODY REGIONS; COOLING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PULSE RATE; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPONTANEOUS SENSATION; VIBRATION; WARMING; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924156875     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.02.030     Document Type: Article

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