‘In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.’ –R. W. Emerson
Intense emotional experiences frequently occur with bodily sensations such as a rapid heart rate or gastrointestinal distress.
It appears that bodily sensation (interoception) can be an important source of information when judging one’s emotional. How the brain processes interoception is becoming better understood.
However, how the brain integrates interoceptive signals with other brain emotional processing circuits is less well understood.
Terasawa and colleagues from Japan recently presented results of their research on this interaction of interoception and emotion.
photo { Matthew Genitempo }
