
Norm Farb - Meditation and the Brain
Mind & Life
Is There a Difference Between Depression and Interoception?
There's a complex relationship to internal bodily states and the ability to sense one's own body in depression. We know from like resting state MRI that depressed people tend to show a sort of out of control prefrontal pattern of activity, this is Yvette Chilines work. And so you end up seeing networks that are supposed to kind of like pushing us each other, all activating at the same time. Our sense is when we feel bad, and so it's the difference in the turning away that is actually most health relevant,. At least in the context of depression and vulnerability.
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