This book aims to provide a comprehensive exploration of the interplay between the bodily self, emotion, and subjective time perception, consciousness, as well as clinical implications with a primary focus on the groundbreaking work of A.D. (Bud) Craig. By delving into Craig's contributions to interoception and his insights into the sense of a time within the context of the bodily self, this volume offers an in-depth understanding of the neural and psychological mechanisms underlying these phenomena. This book seeks to bring together leading experts from various disciplines such as neurophysiology, medicine, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy, who explore in their chapters specific aspects of (1) interoception, (2) emotions, (3) time perception, (4) consciousness, (5) mental health, and their intersections. The result is an invaluable resource for researchers, clinicians, and scholars interested in the embodiment of behavior and experience.

Maximizes reader insights into the groundbreaking work of A.D. (Bud) Craig and its implications Summarizes the latest studies on how interoception is related to affective states and mental health Explains the unsolved mystery of how we as humans experience time

Inhalt

Preface.- Bodily Self, Emotion, and Subjective Time.- The life and legacy of Arthur Bud Craig: A pioneer in interoception.- Functional anatomy of interoception.- Emotions and physiological feelings.- Insula and body image.- The intersection of interoception and anticipation related to pain.- Interceptive awareness and its importance in chronic pain and psychopathology.- Interoception, emotion & addiction.- Functional connectivity of interoceptive pathways.- The Self Development, adolescents & interoception.- The sense of self, emotions and time in ordinary and altered states of consciousness.- A series of studies on the relationship between the insula and time perception.- The role of the insula in time perception and when losing the sense of time in epileptic auras.- Time and the body from a philosophical perspective: Embodied and enactive time.- Interoception: synthesizing insights and charting new frontiers.