Insula

Preprint: Differences in layer-specific activation of the insula during interoceptive vs. exteroceptive attention

We use layer fMRI to study the effect of interoceptive attention in the insula. We find a bilateral activation in the dorsal mid-insula during interoceptive attention. The activity difference is stronger in upper than in lower cortical layers.

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The Bayesian Brain: From Clinical Prediction Models of Pain to High-Field Laminar Imaging of Interoception

This dissertation uses the Bayesian brain hypothesis to predict the treatment outcome of chronic pain and to examine laminar traces of interoception in the insula.