An objective neural measure of emotional introspection is stable across time and unchanged by body scan meditation training versus self-enquiry meditation training
PsyArXiv June 18, 2026 Tim Neville Palmer, Noémie Goeuriot, Leonie Koban et al. preprint
Emotion introspection has been proposed as a key mechanism through which mental health or well-being interventions (such as meditation or psychotherapy) act. However, so far, evidence has almost exclusively come from questionnaire measures. Here, we propose a brain-based measure of emotion introspection. We recruited 25 participants to perform an emotion introspection task after completing a...