Directed by Idit Shalev, Ph.D
Laboratory for Embodiment and Self-Regulation
About the lab
Welcome to the Embodiment and Self-Regulation Lab!
The Laboratory for Embodiment and Self-Regulation seeks to integrate basic and
applied research in order to study the underlying mechanisms of embodied self-regulation among healthy and clinical population. To investigate these topics our lab utilizes experiential, cognitive, behavioral and physiological methods. We use both experimental and psychological intervention approaches.
We currently study the Theory of Motivated Cue-Integration (MCI, Shalev, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021), a novel theory of self-regulation and self-regulation failure. Inspired by predictive coding, social cognition, embodied cognition, creative cognition and experiential approach, MCI suggests that self-regulation is based on interaction between (1) high-level goals and psychological needs, (2) low-level interoceptive and exteroceptive signals, and (3) trust in epistemic authority (human or non-human). According to the theory, self-regulation deficits are caused by prediction error. The ability to repair self-regulation deficits is based on the creation of a new organization of the associations between interoceptive and exteroceptive signals and mental contents.
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Illustration: Self-regulation in the depths
Our laboratory is located in the Department of Psychology, Ariel University, 65 Ramat HaGolan St. Ariel, Israel.
