Self Comes to Mind

113
in production of qualia effects, 255
    amyotropic lateral sclerosis, 234–35
    anatomy
as aggregation of systems, 33–34
engineering metaphors for, 44–45
see also brain structure and function
    Andrews-Hanna, J. R., 336 n 9
    A nerve fibers, 96, 97
    anesthesia, 225–26
    animals
adaptive behavior without consciousness in, 31–32
consciousness in, 26, 171–72
levels of self in, 26
manifestations of social emotions in, 126
see also simple life forms
    anosognosia, 239
    anterior cingulate cortex, in emotion and feeling, 118, 127, 326 n 8
    Aplysia californica , 32
    area postrema, 307–9
    arts, 278–79, 288–89, 290, 294–96
    Asbury, Arthur K., 333 n 2
    ascending reticular activating system, 245–46
    as-if body loop mechanism, 102–4
in creation of feeling of emotion, 120–21
    asomatognosia, 239–40
    association cortices. See early sensory cortices
    attention
brain activity during and after, 227–28
in creation of core self, 203
definition, 203
emotion effects on, 110–11
    auditory system
brain structures involved in, 84, 326–27 n 12
components of sensory portal in, 197
construction of perceptual quality in, 260–61
hearing versus listening, 173
image space for memory recall in, 142
map making in, 68–69
see also sensory systems
    autobiographical consciousness, 168–69, 171
    autobiographical self
in animals, 26
autobiographical consciousness and, 168–69
brain damage outcomes in, 237–40
brain structures in creation of, 213, 215–24
conscious and unconscious functioning of, 210–11
contents of, 10, 210
coordinating mechanism in construction of, 213 , 214–17
core self and, 237
creation of, 23, 181, 181 , 204, 212–13
levels of engagement of, 169
memory storage and recall in, 210–11, 212, 213
overt and dormant states of, 210
social function of, 10, 290
    autonomic nervous system, 307
    axons, 37, 299, 302, 306, 309
    Baars, Bernard, 189, 334 n 1, n 6
    background emotions, 125
    bacteria, 33, 50, 56. See also simple life forms
    Balliene, Bernard W., 324 n 8
    Bargh, J. A., 340 n 2
    Bargmann, Cornelia, 57, 324 n 10
    Barnes, Robert D., 323 n 1
    Barsalou, L. W., 330–31 n 4
    basal forebrain, 47, 100, 143, 208–9, 220, 246, 255, 306, 311
    basal ganglia, 208, 209, 306, 309, 311
    Bauby, Jean-Dominique, 235, 337 n 17
    Baumeister, R. F., 340 n 2
    Bechara, A., 329 n 6, 340 n 5, 341 n 12
    Behbahani, Michael M., 328 n 6
    Ben-Jacob, Eshel, 323 n 1
    Bernard, Claude, 42, 324 n6
    Bernard, Jean-François, 328 n 6
    bias
definition, 175
influence of, 276–77
sources of, 175, 272
    biological value
appraisal of images in construction of autobiographical self, 214
conceptual basis of, 46–48
emotions and, 108
homeostasis and, 27
homeostatic range and, 48–49
image valuation, 71–72
neural home of, 246–47
in origins and development of consciousness, 25–26, 28
significance of, 25
whole organism perspective of, 48–49
    birds, 26
    Blackburn, Simon, 338 n 7
    Blakemore, S-J., 332 n 15
    Blanke, O., 335 n 8
    Blessing, W., 338 n 3
    Block, Christine H., 328 n 6
    Block, Ned, 338 n 7
    Bloom, Harold, 159, 333 n 1
    Blumberg, Baruch, 324 n 10
    body
compartments, 93
conceptualization of, in antiquity, 93–94
internal milieu of, brain structures involved in monitoring, 42, 78–80, 96–97
master organism maps, 195–96
musculature, 94–95
primordial feelings of, 21, 188
protoself connection, 21
see also body–brain interaction; body mapping; interoception and interoceptive system; sensory systems
    body-brain interaction
brain’s role in, 94
in creation of protoself, 200–21
electrochemical signaling in, 307–9
exteroception, 51, 97, 199
interference in transmission of pain signals to brain, 121
limitations of current understanding of, 262–63
in making of memory records, 132–33
in mapping of external world, 18, 39, 63–64, 91
nature of communication in, 94, 95–96
neuron functions in, 38–39
primordial feelings in, 21–22, 256–57
transmission of qualitative information in, 97–100, 196–97
see also interoception and interoceptive system; sensory system
    body feelings, 76 , 77, 101
    body mapping
actual body state correspondence with, 100
body-brain connection in, 89–90, 95–96
brain’s body aboutness and, 90–92
brain structures in, 20, 244–45
in complex brains, 90
in consciously minded regulation, 107
construction of feeling states and, 119, 120
in creation of protoself, 20
distinguishing features of, 89–93
empathy and, 104
functions, 106–7
movement and, 95
neuronal activity in, 38–39
sensory