Computational approaches to brain-body interaction · Aarhus University & Cambridge Psychiatry
We investigate how visceral signals from the heart, lungs, and gut shape perception, emotion, and decision-making. Our lab combines computational modelling, neuroimaging, and psychophysiology to understand embodied cognition — and develops open-source tools to make this research accessible to everyone.
| Package | Description | Install |
|---|---|---|
| systole | Cardiac signal processing, HRV analysis, artifact correction, and real-time peak detection | pip install systole |
| Cardioception | Psychophysical tasks for measuring cardiac interoception (heartbeat counting & heart rate discrimination) | pip install cardioception |
| respyra | Real-time respiratory tracking with visual biofeedback for interoception research | pip install respyra |
| gastropy | Electrogastrography (EGG) signal processing and gastric-brain coupling analysis | pip install -e ".[all]" |
| metadpy | Metacognitive efficiency modelling in Python | pip install metadpy |
| Hierarchical-Interoception | Bayesian hierarchical modelling toolkit for interoceptive psychophysics | — |
- Visceral Inference — How the brain processes cardiac, respiratory, and gastric signals using predictive coding
- Interoception & Metacognition — Measuring and modelling the accuracy and confidence of body perception
- Computational Psychiatry — Brain-body mechanisms underlying anxiety, depression, and functional somatic disorders
- Causal Interventions — Pharmacological, neural stimulation, and biofeedback approaches to test embodied cognition
All of our publications include open repositories with full data, code, and analysis pipelines. Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome on any of our tools. If you use our software in your research, please cite the relevant papers linked in each repository.
PI: Micah Allen · micah@cfin.au.dk · @the-ecg.org
We're always looking for collaborators, visiting scholars, and new team members — get in touch.