Anterior insular cortex plays a critical role in interoceptive attention

Anterior insular cortex plays a critical role in interoceptive attention

Accumulating evidence indicates that the anterior insular cortex (AIC) mediates interoceptive attention which refers to attention towards physiological signals arising from the body. However, the necessity of the AIC in this process has not been demonstrated. Using a novel task that directs attentio...

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Main Authors: Xingchao Wang, Qiong Wu, Laura Egan, Xiaosi Gu, Pinan Liu, Hong Gu, Yihong Yang, Jing Luo, Yanhong Wu, Zhixian Gao, Jin Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-04-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
anterior insular cortex
interoceptive attention
fMRI
lesion patients
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/42265

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