Interoceptive predictions in the brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 419-429

  Barrett, Lisa Feldman ^a,b   Simmons, W Kyle ^c,d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LAUREATE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMIC MODEL; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; EMBODIED PREDICTIVE INTEROCEPTION CODING MODEL; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEARING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTEROCEPTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; AWARENESS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AWARENESS; BAYES THEOREM; BRAIN; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE NET; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84932193406     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3950     Document Type: Review

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