Interoception refers broadly to the processing of internal bodily signals by the nervous system 1, and is related to emotional awareness, self-regulation, mental health, and cognition 1,2,3,4.
Interoception is a word many people haven’t heard, but it describes something you experience every moment. As you read this, your body sends you messages about hunger, comfort, tension, fatigue, ...
At every moment, there is something a person or animal is trying to do (a goal) and a reason they are trying to do it (a context for that goal). In the Affect Management Framework (AMF; Haynes-LaMotte ...