Team research topics:

The brain receives and processes data from the environment via external senses such as vision and hearing, but it is also bombarded with internal information from the body, in particular from the cardiac, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems that ensure the organism's survival. We are determining whether, where and how brain-visceral coupling occurs in humans. In particular, we find coupling in regions classically associated with perception (of the outside world) and action, suggesting that interception plays a role that goes far beyond food or emotions. We refine and test the hypothesis that neural integration of internal body signals with sensory or cognitive information produces conscious experiences.

Main techniques used:

MEG, EEG, iEEG, fMRI, behavior