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                   Global Edition | 12 January 2024 
                 
           
                   
                    
                 
           
           
                  At every moment, your body’s internal organs are sending signals to your brain. You’ll be mostly unaware of them, but sometimes they cut through: for example when you’re hungry, or when you need to go to the bathroom. Our ability to tap into these hidden signals is called interoception – sometimes known as a sixth sense.

                  In this episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak to a cognitive neuroscientist and expert on interoception about how new research on this connection between our minds and bodies could lead to breakthroughs in mental and physical healthcare.

                  And as US and UK forces strike Houthi targets in Yemen, we consider the background to the crisis. Keep an eye on our global home page for more on this and other international issues in the days ahead.
                 
                          Gemma Ware

                        Editor and Co-Host, The Conversation Weekly Podcast
                       
                 
                   
                  How good are you at listening to the signals of your own body? Your Hand Please via Shutterstock 
                  Interoception: the sixth sense we use to read hidden signals from our body – podcast 
                  Gemma Ware, The Conversation 

                  Neuroscientis Sarah Garfinkel on why interoception can help explain the intergration between the body and the brain – and our emotions. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
                 
                   
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