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Key takeaways from The brain’s reading of the body’s state is key to mental health

The neural basis of ‘interoception’ – the interpretation of bodily signals – is affected in many mental health conditions
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There was no overlap between mid-insula activation (orange) and the change in brain activation following antidepressant medication (blue) or psychological therapy
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