Self Comes to Mind

271–72
evolutionary advantages of consciousness in, 175–76, 268
to maintain homeostasis, 44, 49
nonconscious brain functions in, 54
simulating body states in brain, 101–4
    prefrontal cortexes, 103, 310
    pride, 125
    primordial feelings
body–brain connection in, 21–22, 256–57
in creation of core self, 203
feelings of emotion and, 110, 117, 193
generation of, 191–93
images, 76
message to mind in, 76
origins of consciousness in, 26, 180
origins of mind in, 26
as product of protoself, 322–23 n 17
in self process, 76, 185
significance of, 101
source of, 21, 76
    propofol, 226, 336 n 5
    protagonist, self as, 12–13, 166, 170, 201, 203, 204, 288
    protofeelings, 252–53, 257–58
    protoself
body connection of, 21
brain structures in generation of, 187, 205
changes in, from engagement with perceived object, 202–3, 207
creation of, 20, 180, 190
in creation of core self, 190, 202–3
definition, 180, 181 , 190
in evolution of consciousness, 10
homunculus concept and, 200–201
maps of externally-directed sensory portal, 196–99
master interoceptive maps of, 190–95
master organism maps of, 195–96
as material self, 23
primordial feeling in, 21, 185, 322–23 n 17
products of, 181
protofeelings and, 252–53
role of, 201
types of maps of, 190
    Protozoa, 33. see also simple life forms
    Pylyshyn, Z., 332 n 11
    qualia
conceptual problems of, 253–54
interconnection of maps in, 260–62
as obligate part of experience, 253, 254
as process of mind, 256
production of, 255
reduced or failed response, 254–55
self and, 262
    qualitative information, transmission to brain of
body-to-brain signaling for, 97–100
maps of externally-directed sensory portal in, 196–97
sensory portal role in, 260–61
    quantum physics, 14
    quorum sensing, 56
    Raichle, Marcus, 227, 228, 336 n 7, n 10
    Raos, V., 332 n 15
    rapid eye movement sleep, 179, 227
    rebelliousness, 287–88, 289–90, 291–92
    recursive signaling, 87, 88
    reentrant signaling, 87
    Reeve, Christopher, 73
    relative invariance, 193–94, 200
    reproduction
as biological value of organism, 48
genomic basis of sexual behavior, 279
life regulation behaviors and behaviors for, 54–55
    reptiles, 26
    reticular formation, 192
    retina, 67, 326 n 12
    retrosplenial cortex, 219
    reward and punishment
in emotional functioning, 109
nonconscious response policy for survival, 51–52
see also pain and pleasure
    ritualized behavior, 281
    Rizzo, M., 325 n 5
    Rizzolatti, Giacomo, 102, 329 n 9
    Rockland, Charles, 343
    Rockland, K. S., 331 n 5
    Rolandic opercula, 103
    Rudrauf, David, 121–22, 320 n 2, 330 n 9
    Ruppert, Edward E., 323 n 1
    Sagan, L., 323 n 2
    Saper, Clifford B., 320 n 4, 328 n 6, 333 n 2
    Sathian, K., 331 n 10
    Schacter, D. L., 336 n 9
    Schiff, Nicholas D., 320 n 4, 333 n 2
    Schnabel, Julian, 235
    Schultz, Wolfram, 324 n 8
    Schwartz, James H., 324 n 4
    Searle, John, 10, 320 n 9, 338 n 7
    self
aggregate elements of, 185–86
brain regions in creation of, 19, 23, 207–8
consciousness and, 3–4, 8, 23–24, 157, 160–61, 165–66, 170, 180, 182, 183
conscious will as authentication of, 280
continuing evolution of, 13, 182
dual notion of, 8, 9–10
emergence of, in human history, 288–89
establishment of stable platform for, 200, 202
evolutionary advantage of, 267–68
evolutionary significance of, 286–88
evolution of processes of, 182
as expression of cellular processes, 36–37, 39
Freudian conceptualization of, 177
images of, in consciousness, 185
implications of epileptic automatism in definition of consciousness, 162–66
interoception and exteroception in creation of, 193–94, 199
introspective self-examination of, 184
manifestations of scope and intensity of, 8–9
neuroscience conceptualizations of, 11, 12
as object, 8, 9, 23, 157–58
philosophical approaches to, 11–12
possessions of, 9
primordial feelings of, 76, 185
process conceptualization of, 8, 19–20
qualia and, 262
rebellious qualities of, 287–88, 289–90, 291–92
reliability of self’s observations about, 12–13, 184
role of emotion and feeling in, 108–9, 252–53
social emotions and, 128
stages of construction of, 22–23, 180–81, 181
see also autobiographical self; core self;protoself; self-as-knower
    self-as-knower
construction of, 23
in creation of consciousness, 9, 10, 11
evolution of, 10–11
self-as-object and, 8, 9–10, 157–58
    self-as-object, 8, 9, 23, 157–58
    semantic memory, 139–40
    sensory portals
brain structure and function for, 199
in construction of perceptual