Selected Interoception References

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Adolfi, F., Couto, B., Richter, F., Decety, J., Lopez, J., Sigman, M., ... & Ibanez, A. (2017).
Convergence of interoception, emotion, and social cognition: a twofold fMRI meta-analysis and
lesion approach. Cortex, 88, 124-142.

Ansell, E. B., Rando, K., Tuit, K., Guarnaccia, J., & Sinha, R. (2012). Cumulative adversity and
smaller gray matter volume in medial prefrontal, anterior cingulate, and insula
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Ansell, E. B., Rando, K., Tuit, K., Guarnaccia, J., & Sinha, R. (2012). Cumulative adversity and
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regions. Biological psychiatry, 72(1), 57-64.

Avery, J. A., Drevets, W. C., Moseman, S. E., Bodurka, J., Barcalow, J. C., & Simmons, W. K.
(2014). Major depressive disorder is associated with abnormal interoceptive activity and
functional connectivity in the insula. Biological psychiatry, 76(3), 258-266.

Bölte, S., Holtmann, M., Poustka, F., Scheurich, A., & Schmidt, L. (2007). Gestalt perception and
local-global processing in high-functioning autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 37(8), 1493-1504.

Bornemann, B., & Singer, T. (2017). Taking time to feel our body: Steady increases in heartbeat
perception accuracy and decreases in alexithymia over 9 months of contemplative mental
training. Psychophysiology, 54(3), 469-482.

Brosnan, M. J., Scott, F. J., Fox, S., & Pye, J. (2004). Gestalt processing in autism: Failure to
process perceptual relationships and the implications for contextual understanding. Journal of
Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 45(3), 459-469.

Brown, T. A., Berner, L. A., Jones, M. D., Reilly, E. E., Cusack, A., Anderson, L. K., ... & Wierenga,
C. E. (2017). Psychometric evaluation and norms for the multidimensional assessment of
interoceptive awareness (MAIA) in a clinical eating disorders sample. European Eating Disorders
Review, 25(5), 411-416.

Buldeo, N. (2015). Interoception: A measure of embodiment or attention?. International Body

Psychotherapy Journal, 14(1).

Clausen, A. N., Aupperle, R. L., Yeh, H. W., Waller, D., Payne, J., Kuplicki, R., ... & Feinstein, J.
(2019). Machine learning analysis of the relationships between gray matter volume and
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Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging.
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Craig, A. D. (2002). How do you feel? Interoception: the sense of the physiological condition of
the body. Nature reviews neuroscience, 3(8), 655.

Connell, L. M., Lynott, D. J., & Banks, B. (2018). Interoception: the forgotten modality in
perceptual grounding of abstract and concrete concepts. Philosophical Transactions B:
Biological Sciences.

Critchley, H. D., & Garfinkel, S. N. (2017). Interoception and emotion. Current opinion in
psychology, 17, 7-14.

Critchley, H. D., Wiens, S., Rotshtein, P., Öhman, A., & Dolan, R. J. (2004). Neural systems
supporting interoceptive awareness. Nature neuroscience, 7(2), 189.

Dickstein, D. P., Pescosolido, M. F., Reidy, B. L., Galvan, T., Kim, K. L., Sey- mour, K. E., Laird, A. R.,
Di Martino, A., & Barrett, R. P. (2013). Devel- opmental meta-analysis of the functional neural
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cent Psychiatry, 52(3), 279-289.

Di Lernia, D., Serino, S., & Riva, G. (2016). Pain in the body. Altered interoception in chronic pain
conditions: a systematic review. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 71, 328-341.

Di Martino, A., Ross K., Uddin L., Sklar A., Costellanos, F. X. (2009). Func- tional brain correlates
of social and nonsocial processes in autism spec- trum disorders: An activation likelihood
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Di Martino, A., Yan, C. G., Li, Q., Denio, E., Castellanos, F. X., Alaerts, K.,... & Milham, M. P.
(2014). The autism brain imaging data exchange: towards a large-scale evaluation of the
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Dickstein, D. P., Pescosolido, M. F., Reidy, B. L., Galvan, T., Kim, K. L., Seymour, K. E., ... &
Barrett, R. P. (2013). Developmental meta-analysis of the functional neural correlates of autism
spectrum disorders. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(3),
279-289.

Dockray, S., & Steptoe, A. (2010). Positive affect and psychobiological processes. Neuroscience
& Biobehavioral Reviews, 35(1), 69-75.

Dunn, B. D., Stefanovitch, I., Evans, D., Oliver, C., Hawkins, A., & Dalgleish, T. (2010). Can you
feel the beat? Interoceptive awareness is an interactive function of anxiety-and depression-
specific symptom dimensions. Behaviour research and therapy, 48(11), 1133-1138.

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Ewing, D. L., Manassei, M., van Praag, C. G., Philippides, A. O., Critchley, H. D., & Garfinkel, S. N.
(2017). Sleep and the heart: Interoceptive differences linked to poor experiential sleep quality
in anxiety and depression. Biological psychology, 127, 163-172.

Fiene, L., Ireland, M. J., & Brownlow, C. (2018). The Interoception Sensory Questionnaire (ISQ):
a scale to measure interoceptive challenges in adults. Journal of autism and developmental
disorders, 1-13.

Finan, P. H., & Garland, E. L. (2015). The role of positive affect in pain and its treatment. The
Clinical journal of pain, 31(2), 177.

Fischer, D., Messner, M., & Pollatos, O. (2017). Improvement of Interoceptive Processes after
an 8-Week Body Scan Intervention. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 11, 452.

Fissler, M., Winnebeck, E., Schroeter, T., Gummersbach, M., Huntenburg, J. M., Gaertner, M., &
Barnhofer, T. (2016). An investigation of the effects of brief mindfulness training on self-
reported interoceptive awareness, the ability to decenter, and their role in the reduction of
depressive symptoms. Mindfulness, 7(5), 1170-1181.

Füstös, J., Gramann, K., Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2012). On the embodiment of emotion
regulation: interoceptive awareness facilitates reappraisal. Social cognitive and affective
neuroscience, 8(8), 911-917.

Garfinkel, S. N., Tiley, C., O'Keeffe, S., Harrison, N. A., Seth, A. K., & Critchley, H. D. (2016).
Discrepancies between dimensions of interoception in autism: Implications for emotion and
anxiety. Biological psychology, 114, 117-126.

Garland, E. L., Farb, N. A., R. Goldin, P., & Fredrickson, B. L. (2015). Mindfulness broadens
awareness and builds eudaimonic meaning: A process model of mindful positive emotion
regulation. Psychological Inquiry, 26(4), 293-314.

Grynberg, D., & Pollatos, O. (2015). Perceiving one's body shapes empathy. Physiology &
behavior, 140, 54-60.

Gu, X., & FitzGerald, T. H. (2014). Interoceptive inference: homeostasis and decision-
making. Trends in cognitive sciences, 18(6), 269-270.

Herbert, B. M., Herbert, C., Pollatos, O., Weimer, K., Enck, P., Sauer, H., & Zipfel, S. (2012).
Effects of short-term food deprivation on interoceptive awareness, feelings and autonomic
cardiac activity. Biological psychology, 89(1), 71-79.

Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2012). The body in the mind: on the relationship between
interoception and embodiment. Topics in cognitive science, 4(4), 692-704.
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Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Attenuated interoceptive sensitivity in overweight and
obese individuals. Eating behaviors, 15(3), 445-448.

Herbert, B. M., & Pollatos, O. (2018). The relevance of interoception for eating behavior and
eating disorders. The Interoceptive Mind: From Homeostasis to Awareness, 165.

Herringa, R., Phillips, M., Almeida, J., Insana, S., & Germain, A. (2012). Post-traumatic stress
symptoms correlate with smaller subgenual cingulate, caudate, and insula volumes in
unmedicated combat veterans. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 203(2-3), 139-145.

Hobson, H., Hogeveen, J., Brewer, R., Catmur, C., Gordon, B., Krueger, F., ... & Grafman, J.
(2018). Language and alexithymia: Evidence for the role of the inferior frontal gyrus in acquired
alexithymia. Neuropsychologia, 111, 229-240.

Jenkinson, P. M., Taylor, L., & Laws, K. R. (2018). Self-reported interoceptive deficits in eating
disorders: A meta-analysis of studies using the eating disorder inventory. Journal of
psychosomatic research, 110, 38-45.

Kandasamy, N., Garfinkel, S. N., Page, L., Hardy, B., Critchley, H. D., Gurnell, M., & Coates, J. M.
(2016). Interoceptive ability predicts survival on a London trading floor. Scientific reports, 6,
32986.

Ketai, L. H., Komesu, Y. M., Dodd, A. B., Rogers, R. G., Ling, J. M., & Mayer, A. R. (2016). Urgency
urinary incontinence and the interoceptive network: a functional magnetic resonance imaging
study. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 215(4), 449-e1.

Kever, A., Pollatos, O., Vermeulen, N., & Grynberg, D. (2015). Interoceptive sensitivity facilitates
both antecedent-and response-focused emotion regulation strategies. Personality and
Individual Differences, 87, 20-23.

Khalsa, S. S., Adolphs, R., Cameron, O. G., Critchley, H. D., Davenport, P. W., Feinstein, J. S., ... &
Meuret, A. E. (2018). Interoception and mental health: a roadmap. Biological Psychiatry:
Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 3(6), 501-513.

Kristeller, J. L., Baer, R. A., & Quillian-Wolever, R. (2006). Mindfulness-based approaches to

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and applications, 75.

Koch, A., & Pollatos, O. (2014). Interoceptive sensitivity, body weight and eating behavior in
children: a prospective study. Frontiers in psychology, 5, 1003.

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Kövecses, Z. (2000). Studies in emotion and social interaction. Second series. Metaphor and
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Laurent, A. C., & Rubin, E. (2004). Challenges in emotional regulation in Asperger syndrome and
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Lewis, C. C., Simons, A. D., Nguyen, L. J., Murakami, J. L., Reid, M. W., Silva, S. G., & March, J. S.
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Ma-Kellams, C. (2014). Cross-cultural differences in somatic awareness and interoceptive

accuracy: a review of the literature and directions for future research. Frontiers in
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Marusak, H. A., Etkin, A., & Thomason, M. E. (2015). Disrupted insula-based neural circuit
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Mata, F., Verdejo-Roman, J., Soriano-Mas, C., & Verdejo-Garcia, A. (2015). Insula tuning
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Mehling, W. E., Chesney, M. A., Metzler, T. J., Goldstein, L. A., Maguen, S., Geronimo, C., ... &
Neylan, T. C. (2018). A 12-week integrative exercise program improves self-reported
mindfulness and interoceptive awareness in war veterans with posttraumatic stress
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Modinos, G., Ormel, J., & Aleman, A. (2009). Activation of anterior insula during self-
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Murphy, J., Brewer, R., Hobson, H., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2018). Is alexithymia characterised by
impaired interoception? Further evidence, the importance of control variables, and the
problems with the Heartbeat Counting Task. Biological psychology, 136, 189-197.

Murphy, J., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2018). Alexithymia is associated with a multidomain,
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Murphy, J., Brewer, R., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2017). Interoception and psychopathology: A
developmental neuroscience perspective. Developmental cognitive neuroscience, 23, 45-56.

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Noel, J. P., Park, H. D., Pasqualini, I., Lissek, H., Wallace, M., Blanke, O., & Serino, A. (2018).
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Nomi, J. S., & Uddin, L. Q. (2015). Developmental changes in large-scale network connectivity in
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Nummenmaa, L., Glerean, E., Hari, R., & Hietanen, J. K. (2014). Bodily maps of
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Oldroyd, K., Pasupathi, M., & Wainryb, C. (2019). Social Antecedents to the Development of
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psychology, 10.

Ondobaka, S., Kilner, J., & Friston, K. (2017). The role of interoceptive inference in theory of
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O'Reilly, G. A., Cook, L., Spruijt-Metz, D., & Black, D. S. (2014). Mindfulness-based interventions
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Palser, E. R., Fotopoulou, A., Pellicano, E., & Kilner, J. M. (2018). The link between interoceptive
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findings into a developmental sample. Biological psychology, 136, 13-21.

Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2010). Interoception in anxiety and depression. Brain structure
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Proulx, K. (2007). Experiences of women with bulimia nervosa in a mindfulness-based eating

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Shah, P., Catmur, C., & Bird, G. (2017). From heart to mind: linking interoception, emotion, and
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Sharp, P. B., Sutton, B. P., Paul, E. J., Sherepa, N., Hillman, C. H., Cohen, N. J., ... & Barbey, A. K.
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Siegel, E. H., Sands, M. K., Van den Noortgate, W., Condon, P., Chang, Y., Dy, J., ... & Barrett, L.
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Simmons, W. K., & DeVille, D. C. (2017). Interoceptive contributions to healthy eating and
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Simmons, A., Strigo, I. A., Matthews, S. C., Paulus, M. P., & Stein, M. B. (2009). Initial evidence
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Smith, A., Forrest, L., & Velkoff, E. (2018). Out of touch: Interoceptive deficits are elevated in
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Stevenson, R. J., Mahmut, M., & Rooney, K. (2015). Individual differences in the interoceptive
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Werner, N. S., Kerschreiter, R., Kindermann, N. K., & Duschek, S. (2013). Interoceptive
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Wiebking, C., de Greck, M., Duncan, N. W., Tempelmann, C., Bajbouj, M., & Northoff, G. (2015).
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 Key: Selected References by Topic

Interoception & General Theory

Khalsa et al., 2018; Craig, 2002; Murphy, Brewer & Bird, 2017

Interoception & Eating Disorders

Jenkinson, Taylor & Laws, 2018; Smith, Forrest & Velkoff, 2018; Brown et al., 2017; O’Reilly,
Cook, Spruijt-Metz & Black, 2014; Proulx, 2007; Kristeller, Baer & Quillian-Wolever, 2006

Interoception & Anxiety

Dunn, Stefanovitch, Evans, Oliver, Hawkins & Dalgeish, 2010; Paulus & Stein, 2010

Interoception & Depression

Fissler et al, 2016; Wiebking, de Greck, Duncan, Tempelmann, Baiboui & Northoff, 2015; Avery,
Devets, Moseman, Bordurka, Barcalow & Simmons, 2014

Interoception & Obesity

Herbert & Pollatos, 2018, 2014; Young, Williams, Pink, Freegard, Owens, & Benton, 2017; Mata,
Veredego-Roman, Soriano-Mas, Verdego-Garcia, 2015; Koch & Pollatos, 2014

Interoception & Autism

Fiene, Ireland, Brownlow, 2018; Palser, 2018 ; Garfinkle, Tiley, O’Keeffe, Harrison et al., 2016;
Fiene and Brownlow, 2015

Interoception & Trauma

Oldroyd, Pasupathi, & Wainryb, 2019; Mehling et al., 2018; Simmons, Strigo, Matthews, Paulus,
& Stein, 2009; Van der Kolk, 2006

Interoception & Alexithymia

Murphy, Catmur & Bird, 2018; Murphy, Brewer, Hobson, Catmur, & Bird, 2018; Zamariola,
Vlemincx, Corneille, Luminet, 2018;

Interoception & Cultural Differences

Ma-Kellams, 2014

Interoception & Language

Connell, Lynott & Banks, 2018; Bornemann & Singer, 2017; Kövecses, 2000

Interoception & Emotion Regulation

Wager & Barrett, 2017; Werner, Kerschreiter, Kindermann & Duschek, 2013; Kever, Pollatos,
Vermeulen, Grynberg, 2015

Interoception & General Emotion

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Critchley & Garfinkel, 2017; Bornemann & Singer, 2017

Interoception & Flexibility & Decision Making

Kandasamy et. al., 2016

Interoception & Pain

Di Lernia, Serino, & Riva, 2016; Weiss, Sack Henningsen, & Pollatos, 2014

Interoception & Eating/Feeding

Simmons & DeVille, 2017; Stevenson, Mahmut, Rooney, 2015; Herbert, et al., 2012

Interoception & Sleep

Ewing, Manassei, van Praag, Philippides, Critchley, & Garfinkel, 2017; Wei, et al., 2016

Interoception & Perspective Taking

Ondobaka, Kilner & Firston, 2017; Adolfi et. al .2017; Kilner, & Friston, 2017; Shah, Catmur, &
Bird, 2017; Grynberg & Pollatos, 2015; Gu et al., 2013; Lamm & Singer, 2010; Craig, 2009; Silani
et al., 2008; Singer et al., 2004; Thom et al, 2012

Interoception & Toileting

Ketai, Komesu, Dodd, Rogers, Ling & Mayer, 2016

Interoception & Self-awareness

Herbert & Pollatos, 2012

Insula & ASD

Nomi and Uddin, 2015; Di Martino et al., 2014; Uddin et al., 2013; Dickstein et al., 2013; Di
Martino et al., 2009

Insula & Interoception

Craig 2002; 2003; Critchley, Weins, Rotshtein, Ohman, 2004

Insula & Trauma

Clausen, et.al, 2019; Marusak, Etkin, & Thomason, 2015; Ansell, Rando, Tuit, Guarnaccia, &
Sinha, 2012; Herringa, Phillips, Almeida, Insana, & Germain, 2012

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