In this exclusive interview, Dr. Martin Paulus, President and Scientific Director of the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, explains how his team has developed paradigms to measure how much our clients’ prior expectations (often established through ACEs, trauma, and early life stress) influence what they actually perceive in their bodies. This isn’t just about “body awareness”, it’s about understanding how the predictive brain constructs interoceptive experience, and what that means for your clinical work with trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, and so much more.