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Action Observation and Synchronization Health Sciences

3 papers

Interoceptive Awareness Skills for Emotion Regulation: Theory and Approach of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT)

Price, Cynthia J., Hooven, Carole
www.frontiersin.org Summary & key facts 2018 388 citations

This paper explains how being aware of internal body signals (called interoceptive awareness) is tied to understanding and managing emotions. It describes a therapy named Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) that teaches three core interoceptive skills—identifying, accessing, and appraising bodily signals—using education and hands-on body work. The authors present…

Action Observation and Synchronization Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders

Breanne E Kearney, Ruth A Lanius
PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2022 116 citations

This review paper suggests that problems in body-based senses — especially the vestibular system (balance/motion) and the somatosensory system (touch and body position) — may help explain many symptoms of trauma-related disorders. The authors propose that trauma can disrupt low-level, brainstem sensory processing and that this disruption can cascade into…

Action Observation and Synchronization Mental Health and Psychiatry Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Clinical Manifestations of Body Memories: The Impact of Past Bodily Experiences on Mental Health

Antje Gentsch, Esther Kuehn
Brain Sciences Summary & key facts 2022 32 citations

The authors review research and suggest that negative "body memories" — past bodily experiences of touch, pain, movement, or inner signals that are stored in memory — may help explain why some mental health problems have strong physical or bodily symptoms. They bring together findings from neuroscience, clinical cases, and…

Action Observation and Synchronization Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
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