The information and coordination modes of interoceptive signaling
Interoception involves the processing of signals originating from the body by the central nervous system. The researchers propose that interoceptive signals operate in two modes: one conveying physiological information about the bodily state and another coordinating brain dynamics by providing a common temporal pattern to distributed brain regions.
They develop an account of coordination mode as distinct from information mode, based on recent functional and anatomical studies on cardiac, respiratory, and gastric interoception.
Drawing on studies linking interoception to subjective experience, we propose that coordination mode aligns the reference frames in which sensory and cognitive information is encoded, contributing to the generation of a unified first-person experience.
The two modes of interoceptive signaling would contribute to the generation of interoceptive and emotional feelings.
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