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Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception
The last two decades have seen a growing interest in the study of interoception. Interoception can be understood as a hierarchical phenomenon, referring to the body-to-brain communication of internal signals, their sensing, encoding, and representation in the brain, influence on other cognitive and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01659 |
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author | Paciorek, Albertyna Skora, Lina |
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description | The last two decades have seen a growing interest in the study of interoception. Interoception can be understood as a hierarchical phenomenon, referring to the body-to-brain communication of internal signals, their sensing, encoding, and representation in the brain, influence on other cognitive and affective processes, and their conscious perception. Interoceptive signals have been notoriously challenging to manipulate in experimental settings. Here, we propose that this can be achieved through electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve (either in an invasive or non-invasive fashion). The vagus nerve is the main pathway for conveying information about the internal condition of the body to the brain. Despite its intrinsic involvement in interoception, surprisingly little research in the field has used Vagus Nerve Stimulation to explicitly modulate bodily signals. Here, we review a range of cognitive, affective and clinical research using Vagus Nerve Stimulation, showing that it can be applied to the study of interoception at each level of its hierarchy. This could have considerable implications for our understanding of the interoceptive dimension of cognition and affect in both health and disease, and lead to development of new therapeutic tools. |
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spelling | pubmed-74032092020-08-25 Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception Paciorek, Albertyna Skora, Lina Front Psychol Psychology The last two decades have seen a growing interest in the study of interoception. Interoception can be understood as a hierarchical phenomenon, referring to the body-to-brain communication of internal signals, their sensing, encoding, and representation in the brain, influence on other cognitive and affective processes, and their conscious perception. Interoceptive signals have been notoriously challenging to manipulate in experimental settings. Here, we propose that this can be achieved through electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve (either in an invasive or non-invasive fashion). The vagus nerve is the main pathway for conveying information about the internal condition of the body to the brain. Despite its intrinsic involvement in interoception, surprisingly little research in the field has used Vagus Nerve Stimulation to explicitly modulate bodily signals. Here, we review a range of cognitive, affective and clinical research using Vagus Nerve Stimulation, showing that it can be applied to the study of interoception at each level of its hierarchy. This could have considerable implications for our understanding of the interoceptive dimension of cognition and affect in both health and disease, and lead to development of new therapeutic tools. Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7403209/ /pubmed/32849014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01659 Text en Copyright © 2020 Paciorek and Skora. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Paciorek, Albertyna Skora, Lina Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title | Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title_full | Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title_fullStr | Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title_full_unstemmed | Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title_short | Vagus Nerve Stimulation as a Gateway to Interoception |
title_sort | vagus nerve stimulation as a gateway to interoception |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7403209/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01659 |
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