Interoceptive dimensions across cardiac and respiratory axes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1708, 2016, Pages

  Garfinkel, Sarah N ^a,b   Manassei, Miranda F ^a   Hamilton Fletcher, Giles ^c   den Bosch, Yvo In ^d   Critchley, Hugo D ^a,b   Engels, Miriam ^a,e  

^a BRIGHTON AND SUSSEX MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Body perception; Interoception; Mindfulness; Respiration; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COGNITION; MENTAL HEALTH; RESPIRATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; BREATHING RATE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; AWARENESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY RATE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991479871     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0014     Document Type: Article

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