心臓活動と意思決定―内受容感覚研究の方法論―

抄録

Interoception is referred to as the bidirectional signal processing between the brain and the internal organs that generates a representation of the internal state of an organism. The purpose of this article is to outline the methodological issues in interoception research and recent progress of the study on the effect of interoceptive signals on cognitive and affective processes. Especially, this article introduces recent studies showing that the cardiac interoceptive signals modulated decision-making. Finally, future directions of interoceptive research from the view of methodology were discussed.