https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/tags/interoceptive-suppression/Recent content in Interoceptive Suppression on MindLAB Neuroscience — Draft ReviewHugo -- 0.156.0en-us2026 Dr. Sydney Ceruto — MindLAB NeuroscienceTue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/somatic-marker-hypothesis/Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/posts/somatic-marker-hypothesis/<h1 id="somatic-markers-and-decision-making-how-your-body-makes-choices-your-conscious-mind-cant">Somatic Markers and Decision Making: How Your Body Makes Choices Your Conscious Mind Can&rsquo;t</h1> <p><img alt="Ventromedial prefrontal cortex suspended in deep navy with copper neural filaments — Dr. Sydney Ceruto, MindLAB Neuroscience." loading="lazy" src="https://mindlab-blog-drafts.pages.dev/images/posts/somatic-marker-hypothesis-hero.webp"></p> <p>The somatic marker hypothesis is the framework — first articulated by António Damásio — in which an anticipatory body-loop signal generated in the amygdala and integrated by the ventromedial prefrontal cortex biases decision-making before conscious reasoning catches up. Without that signal, choices may stay computationally rational while drifting away from a person&rsquo;s actual interests.</p>