Cardiac Signals Facilitate the Breakthrough to Awareness of Emotional Stimuli.

Ozan Cem Ozturk¹, Jessica McFadyen², Ruben T Azevedo¹

¹School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.

²Limbic Ltd, London, UK.

Abstract

The brain continuously integrates interoceptive signals-such as those arising from cardiac afferents-with sensory input to guide perception, emotion and awareness. Previous research has demonstrated that the timing of external stimuli relative to the cardiac cycle influences perceptual and cognitive processes. However, it remains unclear whether cardiac signals facilitate the access of emotional v…

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