Pollard-Wright Holly

Interoception the foundation for: mind's sensing of 'self,' physiological responses, cognitive discrimination and dysregulation.

Communicative & Integrative Biology December 10, 2020 Pollard-Wright Holly

This article presents a theory of mind whereby interoception (i.e., a sense of signals originating from the body) provides a transdisciplinary framework in which theories from diverse fields may be conformed to ideas from other areas of science. Through a science of interoception, the mind itself investigates the mind and thus can explore how the universe and consciousness came about and...