Interoceptive Ability and Emotion Regulation in Mind-Body Interventions: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: It is increasingly recognized that interoceptive ability, the capacity to detect, interpret, and consciously integrate signals related to the physiological condition of the body, is central to emotion experience and regulation. Interoceptive ability can be trained and improved through mind-body interventions. This article attempts to provide an integrative review of the link between interoceptive ability and emotion regulation in mind-body interventions. To this aim, (1) we address the constructs of interoceptive ability and mind-body interventions in relation to the double pathway of emotion regulation, and (2) we include a review of selected empirical and qualitative studies. These show that mindfulness meditation affects the brain-body axis through top-down processing, improving both in

SUBMITTER: Lazzarelli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11591285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature