The neurobiology of interoception in health and disease

Quadt et. al (2018) presented a neurobiological overview of interoception (the sensing of internal bodily sensations) and described how interoceptive impairments at different levels relate to specific physical and mental health conditions (such as sickness behaviors and fatigue, depression, eating disorders, autism, and anxiety). This review shows that systematic investigation of how individual differences, and within-individual changes, in interoceptive processing can contribute to the mechanistic understanding of physical and psychological disorders. The findings were framed in an interoceptive predictive processing framework and highlight potential new avenues for treatments. [NPID: interoception, fatigue, depression, eating disorders, autism, anxiety, psychological disorders]

Year: 2018

Reference: Quadt, L., Critchley, H. D., & Garfinkel, S. N. (2018). The neurobiology of interoception in health and disease. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1428(1), 112–128. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13915