The relationship between interoception and metacognition: A pilot study

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 76-86

  Meessen, Judith ^a   Mainz, Verena ^a   Gauggel, Siegfried ^a   Volz Sidiropoulou, Eftychia ^a   Sütterlin, Stefan ^b,c   Forkmann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Awareness; Heartbeat perception; Interoception; Memory; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; METACOGNITIVE AWARENESS; METAMEMORY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSIBILITY;

EID: 84971568091     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: 21512124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803/a000157     Document Type: Article

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