Interoception is the sensing of internal bodily sensations. Interoception is an umbrella term
that encompasses (1) the afferent (body‐to‐brain) signaling through distinct neural and …

Recent work in human cognitive neuroscience has linked self-consciousness to the
processing of multisensory bodily signals (bodily self-consciousness [BSC]) in fronto-parietal …

Our brain has developed a specific system to represent the space closely surrounding the
body, termed peripersonal space (PPS). This space has a key functional role as it is where …

In recent years, the scientific study of meditation and psychedelic drugs has seen
remarkable developments. The increased focus on meditation in cognitive neuroscience has …

There is converging evidence that high doses of hallucinogenic drugs can produce
significant alterations of self-experience, described as the dissolution of the sense of self …

“A first-class intellectual adventure.”—Brian Greene, author of Until the End of Time
Illuminating his groundbreaking theory of consciousness, known as the attention schema …

The senses of owning a body and being localized somewhere in space are two key
components of human self-consciousness. Despite a wealth of neurophysiological and …

A comprehensive proposal for a conceptual framework for describing conscious experience
in dreams, integrating philosophy of mind, sleep and dream research, and interdisciplinary …

We take the feeling that our body belongs to us for granted. However, recent research has
shown that it is possible to alter the subjective sensation of body ownership (BO) by …

This paper is a practical guide to neurophenomenology. Varela's neurophenomenological
research program (NRP) aspires to bridge the gap between, and integrate, first-person (1P) …