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1. MIND YOUR
BODY: INWARD
BOUND
T H E M Y S T E R I O U S C O N N E C T I O N B E T W E E N
E M O T I O N A N D P H Y S I C A L S E N S AT I O N I S
C O M I N G I N T O E V E R - S H A R P E R F O C U S .

2. A R T I C L E
Written by : Tori
Rodriguez
Published in :
Psychology Today
Published on :
March'9 2015

3. SENSORY PERCEPTION

4. INTEROCEPTION
• Hunger
• Thirst
• Breathlessness
• Pain
• Temperature
• Heartbeat
• Muscle
• Tension
• Bladder pressure
• Itching

5. INTEROCEPTION
IS A MATTER OF
DEGREES…
V I V I E N A I N L E Y ( A
N E U R O P S Y C H O L O G I S T AT T H E
U N I V E R S I T Y O F L O N D O N )

6. INTEROCEPTION
HIGH INTEROCEPTION
AWARENESS
" to be more intuitive ,
experience stronger
emotional arousal, have
better memory for emotional
material, and perhaps be
better able to control their
negative emotions."
• Associated with clinical
problems
• Including depersonalisation
disorder
• Eating disorder
• Experience of physical
symptoms (pain)
• Depression
LOW INTEROCEPTION
AWARENESS

7. DEPRESSED
PEOPLE ARE
LESS ATTUNED
TO THEIR OWN
HEARTBEAT.
D A N I E L L A F U R M A N , A D O C T O R A L
C A N D I D AT E I N P S Y C H O L O G Y AT
S TA N F O R D U N I V E R S I T Y

8. I M A G E O F N E U R O -
I M A G E J O U R N A L
C O V E RPublished in Neuro-
Image in 2012
Support to the idea that bodily
awareness and emotions are
"Intimately linked"

9. I M A G E O F H U M A N
B R A I N M A P P I N G
J O U R N A L C O V E R
Published in Human
Brain Mapping in
2013
"That attending to the
bodily state underlies
awareness of one's
emotional state."

10. I T ' S T O O E A R LY T O S AY
T H AT B Y M A K I N G
P E O P L E M O R E
S E N S I T I V E T O T H E I R
B O D I LY S TAT E , W E
W I L L B E A B L E T O C U R E
D I F F E R E N T
P R O B L E M S . "
A N I L S E T H ( C O G N I T I V E N E U R O S C I E N T I S T
A N D C O D I R E C T O R - S A C K L E R C E N T R E F O R
C O N S C I O U S N E S S S C I E N C E … U N I V E R S I T Y O F
S U S S E X )

11. THANK YOU