Disentangling interoception: Insights from focal strokes affecting the perception of external and internal milieus

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Couto, Blas ^a,b,c   Adolfi, Federico ^a   Sedeño, Lucas ^a,b,c   Salles, Alejo ^d   Canales Johnson, Andrés ^b,e   Alvarez Abut, Pablo ^a   Garcia Cordero, Indira ^a   Pietto, Marcos ^a   Bekinschtein, Tristan ^f   Sigman, Mariano ^g   Manes, Facundo ^a,c,h   Ibanez, Agustin ^a,b,c,h,i  

^a FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^e MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA   (Argentina)

^h ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL CARIBE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Exteroception; Interoception; Interoceptive awareness; Interoceptive sensitivity; Lesion; Peripersonal space; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930939176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00503     Document Type: Article

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