💓 Interoception

Books exploring the body's internal sensing system—how we perceive hunger, heartbeat, breath, and emotion from the inside out. A fascinating frontier where neuroscience meets embodied self-awareness.

How Emotions Are Made

by Lisa Feldman Barrett • 2017

Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.

4.09

13k+

🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🧠 Psychology Of Emotion 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Body Mind Connection 🌍 Cultural Psychology

How Emotions Are Made

Emotions aren't hardwired. They're built fresh each time from prediction, body, and culture.

by Lisa Feldman Barrett 2017

4.09

13k+ ratings

🔬 Affective Neuroscience 🧠 Psychology Of Emotion 🔮 Predictive Processing 🧘 Body Mind Connection 🌍 Cultural Psychology

Altered States of Consciousness

by Marc Wittmann • 2018

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

3.74

194

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 🍄 Psychedelic Science

Altered States of Consciousness

Time is built from bodily signals. Change consciousness, and it stretches, shrinks, or vanishes.

by Marc Wittmann 2018

3.74

194 ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies ⏱️ Time Perception 🌌 Altered States 🫁 Embodied Cognition 🍄 Psychedelic Science

Feeling & Knowing

by António Damásio • 2021

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

3.57

2k+

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Feeling & Knowing

Consciousness begins in the body: feelings, not thought, build the first sense of self.

by António Damásio 2021

3.57

2k+ ratings

🧠 Consciousness Studies 🤸 Embodied Cognition ❤️ Affective Neuroscience 🧬 Brain-Body Connection 🧬 Evolution Of Mind

Looking for Spinoza

by António Damásio • 2001

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

3.96

2k+

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🚶 Embodied Cognition 📜 Spinozism

Looking for Spinoza

A neuroscientist reveals feelings are body maps, and Spinoza mapped it first.

by António Damásio 2001

3.96

2k+ ratings

🧠 Affective Neuroscience 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧬 Consciousness Science 🚶 Embodied Cognition 📜 Spinozism

The Wakeful Body

by Willa Baker • 2021

The mind loops; the body anchors. To find lasting calm, start with the sensations you ignore.

4.12

413

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🧘 Embodied Mindfulness 🌌 Nondual Awareness 🪷 Tibetan Buddhism 💫 Subtle Body

The Wakeful Body

The mind loops; the body anchors. To find lasting calm, start with the sensations you ignore.

by Willa Baker 2021

4.12

413 ratings

🧠 Somatic Psychology 🧘 Embodied Mindfulness 🌌 Nondual Awareness 🪷 Tibetan Buddhism 💫 Subtle Body

El espejo del cerebro

by Nazareth Castellanos • 2021

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

4.30

1k+

🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering 🎯 Attention Training ❤️ Emotional Regulation

El espejo del cerebro

Meditation strengthens a brain network that catches distraction. The body, not just the mind, leads.

by Nazareth Castellanos 2021

4.30

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroscience Of Meditation 🧬 Brain Plasticity 💭 Mind Wandering 🎯 Attention Training ❤️ Emotional Regulation

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