Abstract

Intuition suggests that perception follows sensation and therefore bodily feelings originate in the body. However, recent evidence goes against this logic: interoceptive experience may largely reflect limbic predictions about the expected state of the body that are constrained…

Barrett & Simmons (2015). Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 16(7), 419–429. DOI

Key findings

  • interoceptive predictions brain — Intuition suggests that perception follows sensation and therefore bodily feelings originate in the body.
  • intuition suggests perception — However, recent evidence goes against this logic: interoceptive experience may largely reflect limbic predictions about the expected state of the body that are constrained by ascending visceral…