We are all pretty familiar with how our bodies sense what is going on in the outside world – what we see, hear, touch, taste or smell. But exactly how do our brains sense and react to what is going on ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated whether the Mindfulness-Based Blood Pressure Reduction (MB-BP) adapted mindfulness program improved interoceptive awareness ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. Interoception is the ability to ...

A new study in PLOS One assesses the interoceptive powers of athletes. Interoception, the study explains, is “the detection and perception of stimuli originating from within the body.” I assumed this ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The widespread availability of medicines has ...

The treatment was unusual in that alongside talk therapy, May underwent several sessions in a sensory-deprivation chamber: a dark, soundproof room where she floated in a shallow pool of water heated ...

What if someone asks you, “How do you feel?” and you honestly don’t know the answer? One of the most significant indicators for many common mental disorders, particularly anxiety and depression, is ...

Interoception is a word many people haven’t heard, but it describes something you experience every moment. As you read this, your body sends you messages about hunger, comfort, tension, fatigue, ...