Monkeys can sense their own heartbeats, an ability tied to mental health, consciousness and memory in humans
- Written by Joey Charbonneau, PhD Student in Neuroscience, University of California, Davis
New research indicates that rhesus monkeys show interoception – the ability to sense physiological processes like their own heartbeats. Matthew Verdolivo/UC Davis IET Academic Technology Services, CC BY-NDThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Rhesus monkeys have a sense of when their own hearts are...