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    • Psychology

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    • The brain regulates physiological processes crucial for survival.
    • Metabolic activities within the body generate internal sensations.
    • Understanding these sensations is key to comprehending brain-body interactions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To explain the brain's role in managing the body's metabolic budget.
    • To explore how internal bodily sensations connect to brain function.
    • To elucidate the relationship between brain, mind, body, and the external world.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of current research on interoception and metabolic regulation.
    • Analysis of how internal sensory information is processed by the brain.
    • Integration of findings from affective science and neuroscience.

    Main Results:

    • The brain's metabolic budgeting is fundamental to maintaining homeostasis.
    • Internal sensations (interoception) provide crucial feedback to the brain.
    • These processes influence emotional states and cognitive functions.

    Conclusions:

    • Metabolic budgeting and interoception are central to brain function and subjective experience.
    • A deeper understanding of these connections can inform mental and physical health.
    • The brain actively integrates internal bodily states with external environmental information.