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  • noun Any of the senses that detect conditions within the body.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sensitivity to stimuli originating inside of the body

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Examples

  • Math1 is a master hub for the genes that control various parts of neural networks for hearing, balance, the unconscious sense of one's position in space called proprioception and in a new finding, interoception, which is associated with activities such as awakening because of a full bladder or a distended colon, said Dr. Huda Zoghbi

    innovations-report 2009

  • Math1 is a master hub for the genes that control various parts of neural networks for hearing, balance, the unconscious sense of one's position in space called proprioception and in a new finding, interoception, which is associated with activities such as awakening because of a full bladder or a distended colon, said Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor of molecular and human genetics, pediatrics, neurology and neuroscience at BCM and Dr. Matthew Rose, an M.D.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • Awareness of our internal organs - the ability to feel your stomach growl and your heart beat - is known as "interoception".

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • Researchers have found that, in addition to a pathway involving the insular cortex of the brain-the target of most recent research on interoception-an additional pathway contributing to feeling the heartbeat exists.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ani 2010

  • - Somatic markers, interoception and homeostatic processes

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • Researchers have found that, in addition to a pathway involving the insular cortex of the brain-the target of most recent research on interoception-an additional pathway contributing to feeling the heartbeat exists.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 AP 2010

  • Neuroimaging studies have previously linked heartbeat interoception to the brain's insula and

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • The researchers found that, in addition to a pathway involving the insular cortex of the brain -- the target of most recent research on interoception -- an additional pathway contributing to feeling your own heartbeat exists.

    unknown title 2009

  • The findings demonstrate a genetic, developmental and functional link among the diverse sensory systems that govern conscious and unconscious proprioception, interoception, hearing, balance and arousal (as from sleep), said Dr. Kaashif Ahmad

    innovations-report 2009

  • Khalsa hopes that by learning more about interoception, he might be able to develop therapies for people who suffer from anxiety disorders.

    New Scientist - Online News 2009

  • Scientists call our ability to feel what’s happening inside our bodies interoception.

    The Paradox of Listening to Our Bodies Condé Nast 2023

  • Interoception is an inner sense having to do with our bodily processes.

    The Paradox of Listening to Our Bodies Condé Nast 2023

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  • "Few neuroscientists still believe in an immaterial soul. Yet many follow Descartes in claiming that conscious experience involves awareness of a ‘thinking thing’: the self. There is an emerging consensus that such self-awareness is actually a form of bodily awareness, produced (at least in part) by interoception, our ability to monitor and detect autonomic and visceral processes. For example, the feeling of an elevated heart rate can provide information to the embodied organism that it is in a dangerous or difficult situation."

    -- https://aeon.co/essays/psychedelics-work-by-violating-our-models-of-self-and-the-world

    August 8, 2017