Drug craving critically depends on the function of the interoceptive insular cortex, and may be triggered by contextual cues. However, the role of the insula in the long-term memory linking context ...

Visceral interoception refers to the perception and integration in the brain of afferent (primarily vagal) signals pertaining to the homeostatic state of the body (Craig, 2002). Neuroanatomical and ...

The insula functions at a high level of automatic control, which means that it can benefit through consistent and rigorous daily mindfulness training. Research has found that various types of ...

Abnormal Brain Activity Seen in Hoarding Disorder Patients with hoarding disorder (HD) display stimulus-dependent abnormal neural activity in the anterior cingulate cortex and insula that is not ...