Author: Hugo D Critchley1, Neil A Harrison
Affiliation: <sup>1</sup> Psychiatry, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton BN1 9RR, UK. h.critchley@bsms.ac.uk
Conference/Journal: Neuron
Date published: 2013 Feb 20
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Volume ID: 77 , Issue ID: 4 , Pages: 624-38 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.02.008. , Word Count: 91
Mental processes and their neural substrates are intimately linked to the homeostatic control of internal bodily state. There are a set of distinct interoceptive pathways that directly and indirectly influence brain functions. The anatomical organization of these pathways and the psychological/behavioral expressions of their influence appear along discrete, evolutionarily conserved dimensions that are tractable to a mechanistic understanding. Here, we review the role of these pathways as sources of biases to perception, cognition, emotion, and behavior and arguably the dynamic basis to the concept of self.
PMID: 23439117 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.02.008