Talk:Interoception

Missing
All of the following can be consciously perceived and relate to physiological state, so are interoception:

Muscular - muscle exertion, tension, stretch reception, muscular fatigue

Joints - stretch, overextension

Overall - fatigue, malaise (immune)

Reproductive - sexual stimulation, sexual arousal, orgasm (emission in males, pelvic contractions)

Female reproductive - ovulation, menstruation, pregnancy and childbirth

Gastrointestinal - irritation, food poisoning

Mucous membranes, respiratory - irritation, sneezing, asthma, allergy

Mucous membranes in general - irritation

Cardiac - palpitations, cardiac distress, pressure

Sensory - eye fatigue, overstimulation (bright lights, damaging sounds, ear ringing)

Cranial/meninges - headache, migraine

Brain - mental fatigue, sleepiness

Liver, kidneys, etc. - pain due to chemical damage

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Possible areas of improvement
This is a good start for understanding interoception. As far as improvements, the article mostly needs work on the headings and its sourcing. It would be helpful if more images were added as well to clarify for understanding. Since this article does cover a lot of information that is fairly complex, the simpler the better as far as descriptions and formatting. Redirecting towards other pages may prove to be useful as well in case one is unfamiliar with neurobiology in general. Overall, a great start for the topic, but focusing on more up-to-date sources as well as going a bit more in depth with headings would go a long way for this article.

Spencershumate (talk) 00:00, 30 September 2021 (UTC)


 * You also need to contextualise it within the wider domain of perception, alongside neuroception, proprioception, exteroception. I can't do it because I'm touting transception, awareness of the intangible, as another, NPOV.
 * Another facet is the research work being done into the underpinnings of perception, for example Elaine Aron's High Sensitivity concept, which my hyperperception blows off the scale. This merges with Andrew Newberg's work on neurotheology, in the general domain of ESP as a form of advanced pattern recognition in high-functionality - whence teansception! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.231.225 (talk) 02:46, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

"Non-conscious" vs. unconscious or subconscious
The term used in the second sentence "non-conscious" is foreign to me, and I am guessing, probably to the average reader. The sentence is:

"This can be both conscious and non-conscious."

While the writer who chose this term likely had some specific intent, it appears to be needlessly obtuse compared to more commonplace terms.

A few web searches seeking to differentiate this term from others like subconscious and unconscious turn up murky results.

At first I thought "non" was an umbrella term for "sub" and "un". But these are more or less the same, so that's not right. No, the precise meaning of "non-conscious" is unclear even among experts, apparently.

Psychology Today wrote:

"Differentiating between the unconscious and the subconscious is tricky. And in fact it’s been noted by several authors that in common parlance they’re employed interchangeably—and by many professional writers as well."

Another source, New Scientist, also grouped these terms together including non-conscious.

"These days the subconscious is on a firmer scientific footing – although many neurobiologists avoid the word “subconscious”, preferring “non-conscious”, “pre-conscious” or “unconscious” to describe thought processes that happen outside consciousness."

I am no psych or language expert, but my cursory research suggests these are all used as synonyms. I will edit the sentence to hopefully make the intro easier for readers to parse.

I am choosing "unconscious" because it seems to carry a connotation that is more ambiguously physiological than "subsconscious".

i.e., we know Freud's psychoanalytic theory that there is a thing, a noun, the subconscious that exists in the mind only. But if we say we do something unconsciously, like I was biting my nails unconsciously, it sounds more like it could be any passive action done by the self, including physically, rather than strictly cognitive. It would not be normal usage to say I was biting my nails subconsciously - that would almost sound to me like we are discussing metaphorical, mental nail biting. Cronack1 (talk) 01:45, 15 November 2022 (UTC)