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Visceral Sensory Neuroscience

其他書名	Interoception
出版	Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
主題	Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralMedical / NeurologyMedical / NeuroscienceMedical / Psychiatry / GeneralPsychology / Clinical PsychologyPSYCHOLOGY / NeuropsychologyPsychology / Physiological PsychologyPsychology / Experimental PsychologyPsychology / Movements / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / Neuroscience
ISBN	01951360129780195136012
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mxJnDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋It has been known for over a century that there is an afferent(body-to-brain), as well as an efferent(brain-to-body), component to the visceral-atonomic nervous system. Despite the fundamental importance of bodily afferent information- sometimes called interoception- to central nervous system control of visceral organ function, emotional-motivational processes, and dysfunction of these processes, including psychosomatic disorders, its role did not receive much attention until quite recently. This is the first comprehensive review of this topic and it covers both neurobiological and psychobiological aspects. The author first defines the issue and gives an historical background starting with the James-Lange theory of emotion, and addresses learning and motivation, roots in Pavlovian conditioning research, and operant conditioning of visceral function. In the second section he reviews recent scientific findings in the neural basis of visceral perception and studies in cardiovascular-respiratory and alimentary interoception. Finally, he discusses several related areas of research and theory including drug state issues, interoception and psychiatric disorders, and bodily consciousness, and suggests directions for future investigation.The book will be of interest to scientists in neurobiology, psychology, and brain imaging, to indivuals in related clinical fields such as psychiatry, neurology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and clinical psychology, and to their students and trainees.