Experiences such as sensing a presence, feeling as if insects were crawling under the skin and related phenomena have been described in psychiatric, neurological, and toxicological contexts. However, they also occur frequently in the general population. Previous research suggests that stable physiological traits may predispose individuals to complex bodily hallucinations. The present...
Sensations and thoughts have been described as potentially related to self-awareness. We therefore asked whether sensations that arise in the absence of external triggers, i.e., spontaneous sensations (SPS), which were shown to relate to interoception and perception of the self, vary as a function of the individual propensity to generate spontaneous thoughts, i.e., mind-wandering. The Mind...