We are all pretty familiar with how our bodies sense what is going on in the outside world – what we see, hear, touch, taste or smell. But exactly how do our brains sense and react to what is going on ...

Interoception is how your brain senses and responds to what’s going on inside your body. “It’s how we know when we’re hungry, thirsty, anxious, or even need to take a deep breath,” says Wen G. Chen, ...

Alex Hutchinson is a National Magazine Award-winning journalist and Outside’s Sweat Science columnist, covering the latest research on endurance and outdoor sports. New perk: Easily find new routes ...

Sometimes our bodies react to the world around us before we realise, so how do internal signals such as a quickening heart or deep breathing affect our thoughts? It was day 29 of a gruelling 600-mile ...

The strides made in pharmacological psychiatry are not without their cost. One of which is illuminated by a concept called interoception. Interoception, the sixth sensory system delineated by Sir ...

Interoception is a breakthrough in wellness that encourages us to listen to our bodies more. Naomi May looks within to see how the latest health frontier can help with everything from motivation to ...