Internal state predictability as an evolutionary precursor of self-awareness and agency

Exercise-Produced Arousal, Film-Induced Arousal and Attribution of Internal State

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.1976.42.3.931 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 931-935 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Michel Girodo ◽

Wayne Pellegrini

Keyword(s):

Internal State ◽

Self Report ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Industrial Accidents ◽

Respiration Rates ◽

High Anxious ◽

Film Content

Respiration rates were monitored on 20 high-anxious and 20 low-anxious female Ss while they were watching an anxiety-provoking film on industrial accidents. Half of the Ss exercised on a bicycle while half remained seated throughout their viewing of the film. Exercised Ss reported feeling less anxious while viewing the accidents compared with the inactive controls. All groups recalled similar amounts of the film content, and respiration rates did not increase while viewing the accidents. Results of self-report of anxiety are consistent with a recently advanced theory of objective self-awareness.

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Interoception beyond homeostasis: affect, cognition and mental health

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rstb.2016.0002 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 371 (1708) ◽

pp. 20160002 ◽

Cited By ~ 41

Author(s):

Manos Tsakiris ◽

Hugo Critchley

Keyword(s):

Internal State ◽

Sensory Information ◽

Biological Data ◽

The Body ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Affective Neuroscience ◽

Theme Issue ◽

Physiological Control ◽

The Impact ◽

Unique Individual

Interoception refers to the sensing of the internal state of one's body. Interoception is distinct from the processing of sensory information concerning external (non-self) stimuli (e.g. vision, hearing, touch and smell) and is the afferent axis to internal (autonomic and hormonal) physiological control. However, the impact of interoception extends beyond homeostatic/allostatic reflexes: it is proposed to be fundamental to motivation, emotion (affective feelings and behaviours), social cognition and self-awareness. This view is supported by a growing body of experimental evidence that links peripheral physiological states to mental processes. Within this framework, the representation of self is constructed from early development through continuous integrative representation of biological data from the body, to form the basis for those aspects of conscious awareness grounded on the subjective sense of being a unique individual. This theme issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B draws together state-of-the-art knowledge concerning theoretical, experimental and clinical facets of interoception with the emphasis on cognitive and affective neuroscience. The multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary perspectives represented in this theme issue disseminate and entrench knowledge about interoception across the scientific community and provide a reference for the conceptualization and further study of interoception across behavioural sciences.

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Practioner Reflection That Enhances Interprofessional Collaborative Practices for Serving Children Who Are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig9.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. 3-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kristina M. Blaiser ◽

Mary Ellen Nevins

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Hard Of Hearing ◽

Service Providers ◽

Interprofessional Collaboration ◽

The Self ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Collaborative Practices ◽

Interprofessional Teams ◽

Client Care

Interprofessional collaboration is essential to maximize outcomes of young children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH). Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, educators, developmental therapists, and parents need to work together to ensure the child's hearing technology is fit appropriately to maximize performance in the various communication settings the child encounters. However, although interprofessional collaboration is a key concept in communication sciences and disorders, there is often a disconnect between what is regarded as best professional practice and the self-work needed to put true collaboration into practice. This paper offers practical tools, processes, and suggestions for service providers related to the self-awareness that is often required (yet seldom acknowledged) to create interprofessional teams with the dispositions and behaviors that enhance patient/client care.

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