Interoception and psychopathology: A developmental neuroscience perspective

Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 45-56

  Murphy, Jennifer ^a   Brewer, Rebecca ^a,b   Catmur, Caroline ^a   Bird, Geoffrey ^a,c,d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Development; Emotion; Insula; Interoception; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ALEXITHYMIA; AWARENESS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMOTIONALITY; HEART RATE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANCY; INTEROCEPTION; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AWARENESS; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTEROCEPTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROSCIENCES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 85008645128     PISSN: 18789293     EISSN: 18789307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2016.12.006     Document Type: Review

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