The somatic marker hypothesis: revisiting the role of the ‘body-loop’ in decision-making

The somatic marker hypothesis is one of the most influential neurocognitive theories of emotion and decision-making. A key aspect of the somatic marker hypothesis is the ‘body-loop’, which is the claim that emotive events that are expressed in the body can influence decision-making via afferent feedback to the brain. The body-loop has often been the subject of debate. However, evidence for the neural and peripheral mechanisms that support...