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Interoception as modeling, allostasis as control

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Sennesh, Eli, Theriault, Jordan, Brooks, Dana, van de Meent, Jan-Willem, Barrett, Lisa Feldman, Quigley, Karen S.·2022·Biological Psychology

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The brain regulates the body by anticipating its needs and attempting to meet them before they arise – a process called allostasis. Allostasis requires a model of the changing sensory conditions within the body, a process called interoception. In this paper, we examine how interoception may provide performance feedback for allostasis. We suggest studying allostasis in terms of control theory, reviewing control theory’s applications to related issues in physiology, motor control, and decision making. We synthesize these by relating them to the important properties of allostatic regulation as a control problem. We then sketch a novel formalism for how the brain might perform allostatic control of the viscera by analogy to skeletomotor control, including a mathematical view on how interoception acts as performance feedback for allostasis. Finally, we suggest ways to test implications of our hypotheses.

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Authors
Sennesh, E., Theriault, J., Brooks, D., van de Meent, J.-W., Barrett, L. F., & Quigley, K. S.
Affiliations
Northeastern University (US)
Corresponding author
Sennesh, Eli
Venue
Biological Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-01
Volume
167
Pages
108242
ISSN
0301-0511
OpenAlex
W4200245063
Cited by
107
References
206
Citations by year
2026: 14 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 15
Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Biological Psychology (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (1835309)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH113234)
  • National Cancer Institute (U01CA193632)
  • Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (W911NF-16–1-0191)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Keywords
interoception, allostasis, control theory, performance feedback, physiological control, motor control, decision-making, brain modeling
MeSH terms
Brain, Humans, Allostasis, Interoception

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