text: Abraham et al. (2019) evaluated a number of features of the 
  neurobiological interoceptive circuit (e.g. the functionality of the 
  amygdala, insula, and oxytocinergic system) in parents and chil- 
  dren over the first 6 years of parenthood. Results revealed a critical 
  association between parental interoceptive sensitivity—indexed, 
  e.g. by increased bilateral activation of the anterior insula in 
  response to a video of his/her interacting with his/her infant— 
  the consolidation of the child’s interoceptive circuit and mental 
  health. Taken together, thus, consistent evidence indicates that 
  parental ability to respond appropriately to the children’s needs 
  and bodily signals supports the child’s ability to adequately repre- 
  sent his/her internal bodily states, concurring in the development 
  of self-processes (Fotopoulou and Tsakiris 2017, Ciaunica et al. 
  2021a, 2021b). The degree of predictability of caregivers’ response 
  appears to be critical for the development of affect regulation 
  and a cohesive sense of the self (Ilyka et al. 2021). When care- 
  givers’ behavior is less reliable, children have more difficulties in 
  distinguishing their own internal states, making self-other dis- 
  tinctions (Ogawa et al. 1997, Dutra et al. 2009), and—in the most 
  severe cases—developing an integrated sense of the self (Liotti 
  2004, 2006). 