Self Comes to Mind

components in, 91
signal processing for, 92–93
simulation of body states in, 101–4
simulation of body states of others in, 104–6
    Book of Disquiet, The (Pessoa), vii
    Bourgeais, L., 328 n 6
    brain damage
Alzheimer’s disease effects, 229–33, 337 n 14
amnesia caused by, 237–38
to cerebral cortex, 19, 80–83
coma resulting from, 161, 234, 237, 244
to insular cortices, 77–78, 79
loss of superior colliculus, 85
memory impairment and, 138, 149–50
neuroscience research based on, 19
outcomes for autobiographical self, 237–40
range of pathologies of consciousness from, 236
tumors, 302
vegetative states resulting from, 161–62, 235, 244
    brain-mind equivalence
conceptual basis of, 16, 315, 317
conceptualization of images and maps and, 64–65, 315, 317
culture and, 17
downward causality and, 316
evolutionary model, 17
objections to concept of, 314–15, 316–17, 322 n 14
research needs, 315–16
    brain stem
anatomy and neuroanatomy of, 244, 306, 309
body-and image-mapping structures in, 20, 244–45
cerebral cortex functions and, 250–51
coma caused by damage to, 234, 244
in creation of autobiographical self, 213
in creation of core self, 192–93 , 243
in emotion and feeling, 127, 256–57
evolution of, 250
future prospects for evolution of, 251
generation of protoself in, 187, 205
generation of protoself maps in, 190
mechanisms of homeostasis in, 98–99
mind-making function of, 73–74, 75–77
nuclei, 311
operation of master interoceptive system in, 194–95
origins of consciousness in, 22, 23, 208–9, 241–42, 243–47, 251
primordial feelings in, 22, 191–93
in production of qualia effects, 255
in wakefulness, 186–87
    brain structure and function
in as-if body loop mechanism, 102–3
biological value in evolution of, 25
changes in Alzheimer’s disease, 230–33, 232
cortical grids, 65–66
in creation of consciousness, 23, 24–25, 208–9, 241, 249, 251–52
in creation of self, 19, 20, 23, 207–8, 213, 215
of default network, 227–29
in emotional processes, 74, 80, 82, 110, 112–14, 117–19, 122, 127–28, 167, 256–57
evolution of, 33, 249–51
in generation of protoself, 187, 205
in generation of protoself maps, 190
for implementing core self state, 205–8
for learning, 74, 132
for life management, 38, 246
location of convergence-divergence regions, 215–16, 216
machine metaphor for, 45
mapping role of, 63, 66, 67–68
in memory processes, 131, 137–38, 142–43, 149–50
in mind-making regions, 73–77, 86
for monitoring of body’s interior, 78–80, 96–97
neuronal architecture, 17–18, 299–300
nonconscious modulation of tissue states, 53
nuclei, 304, 306, 311
in operation of master interoceptive system, 194–95
in predictive responding to goods and threats, 54
in production of qualia effects, 255
relationship between, 310–12
representation of external world in, 64
requirements for development of rebellious self, 289–90
requirements for mind-making, 86–88
selection and ordering of images, 173–74
self-concerned life regulation as basis for, 59–60
in sensory portals, 199
in sleep, 226–27
unconscious foundations for consciousness, 176
value systems in operation of, 47
in visceral function, 117–19
in wakefulness, 186–87
see also electrochemical signaling; neural basis of consciousness; neurons and neuronal activity; specific anatomical structure
    Brecht, Michael, 327 n 16
    Brentano, Franz, 90, 327 n 1
    Brodal, A., 338 n 3
    Brodmann’s areas, 199, 310
    Brown, D. Denny, 327 n 15
    Bruce, C. J., 329 n 8
    Brun, A., 337 n 14
    Buccino, G., 332 n 15
    Buckner, R. L., 336 n 9, 337 n 16
    Butler, Ann B., 323 n 1, 338 n 3
    C. elegans , 56–57
    Calvert, G. A., 331 n 9
    Camerer, Colin F., 324 n 8
    Cannon, Walter, 42, 115–16, 324 n 6, 329 n 4
    Carroll, Daniel C., 336 n 9
    Castells, Manuel, 323 n 18
    Catmur, C., 332–33 n 15
    Cavanna, A. E., 335 n 2
    cellular processes
aging effects, 42
engineering metaphors for, 44–45
evolutionary origins of homeostasis in, 43–44, 45, 324 n 7
for life management, 41–42
of reproduction and replacement, 40–41
see also neurons and neuronal activity; simple life forms
    cerebellar cortex, 309
    cerebellum
anatomy, 306
in fear response, 113–14
functions of, 74
    cerebral cortex
brain stem functions and, 250–51
capabilities in absence of, 80–83
connectivity of, for mind-making, 86–87
convergence-divergence region in, 215–16
in creation of autobiographical self, 213
dispositional space in, 143, 151, 152 , 153, 189
emotion processes