Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. How did it start? An evolutionary approach to consciousness -- Chapter 2. From the body to the brain: The biological background -- Chapter 3. What can we sense? Individual differences in interoceptive accuracy -- Chapter 4. What do we perceive? Individual differences in interoceptive sensitivity -- Chapter 5. Can we trust our feelings? The discrepancy between actual and perceived events -- Chapter 6. Putting everything together - Integrated models and pathological aspects of internal perception -- Chapter 7. Interoception and emotions -- Chapter 8. Negative consequences of what we don't feel or mistakenly feel -- Chapter 9. Positive consequences what we feel, accurately or mistakenly -- Epilogue. .

The monograph aims to present the recent scientific knowledge on body sensations, i.e., conscious experiences that are localized or felt in the body from an internal perspective, regardless of their sensory origin. It summarizes the basic philosophical, evolutionary, neuroanatomical, psychological, and pathological aspects of the topic. Moreover, related phenomena, such as emotions, the placebo and nocebo effect, complementary and alternative medicine, and mind-body practices are discussed from the perspective of body sensations.