“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones……”
“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones….” as the song goes.[1] The skeleton is traditionally thought of as connected bones surrounded by the periosteum and activated by muscles. But are bones really the passive, dessicated, rigid structures we have in the past considered them to be? We are now starting to understand otherwise, and the…
“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones….”
“Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones…..”[1] as the song goes – but are they really just that? The skeleton is traditionally thought of as connected bones each surrounded by the periosteum and activated by muscles. But are bones the passive, rigid structures we have in the past considered them to be? We are now…
Integrating mental imagery and fascial tissue: A conceptualization for research into movement and cognition
Mental imagery (MI) research has mainly focused to date on mechanisms of effect and performance gainsassociated with muscle and neural tissues. MI’s potential to affect fascia has rarely been considered. This paper conceptualizes ways in which MI might mutually interact with fascial tissue to support performance and cognitive functions. Such ways acknowledge, among others, MI’s…
The Emerging Science of Interoception:
Sensing, Integrating, Interpreting, and
Regulating Signals within the Self
Interoception refers to the representation of the internal states of an organism, and includes the processes by which it senses, interprets, integrates, and regulates signals from within itself. This review presents a unified research framework and attempts to offer definitions for key terms to describe the processes involved in interoception. We elaborate on these definitions…
Interoception and Emotion
Influential theories suggest emotional feeling states arise from physiological changes from within the body. Interoception describes the afferent signalling, central processing, and neural and mental representation of internal bodily signals. Recent progress is made in conceptualizing interoception and itsneural underpinnings. These developments are supported by empirical data concerning interoceptive mechanisms and their contribution to emotion….
Interoception: Some Suggestions for Manual and Movement Therapies
The discovery of interoceptive receptors in human skin The established view is that touch is mediated by large diameter, fast-conducting peripheral nerves and there are areas in the body that are more densely innervated and more cortically represented such as the finger tips and the lips. However recent findings showed that there is another purpose…