Self Comes to Mind

quality, 260–61
in creation of core self, 190, 205
definition, 197
as neural probes, 91
protoself maps of externally-directed, 196–200
role in defining perspective of mind, 196, 198
    sensory systems
awareness of sense organ location, 196–97
in body maps, 91
brain structures involved in, 75, 118, 247, 311–12, 326–27 n 12
construction of perceptual quality in, 260–61
evolution of complex organisms, 50–51
interconnecting maps in qualia, 261–62
in making of memory records, 132–33
map making in, 67–68, 70
misattribution errors of, 197–98
neural probes, 91
peripheral neural structures of, 312–14
research needs, 339 n 12
role of feelings in perception, 254
in unconscious organisms, 50
see also auditory system; early sensory cortices; exteroception; interoception; pain and pleasure; sensory portals; somatosensory cortices; visual system
    serotonergic system, 47, 192–93
    sexuality, 279
    shame, 125
    Shapiro, J., 323 n 2
    Sheinberg, D. L., 334 n 6
    Sherrington, Charles, 115–16, 328 n 5
    Shewmon, Alan D., 326 n 10
    Simmons, W. K., 330–31 n 4
    simple life-forms
adaptive behavior in, 35, 56–57, 324 n 11
evolution, 32–34
forerunners of feeling function in, 257–58
homeostatic capability of, 43–44
manifestations of will to live in, 35, 258
multicellular organisms as social systems, 34–35
sensory capacity of, 50
significance of, for consciousness research, 32
single cell structures, 33
social behavior of, 56–57
see also animals
    Singer, Tania, 329 n 11
    Singer, Wolf, 86, 87, 327 n 16, n 18
    skeleton, 33
    skills, 275, 281
    skin, 33, 34
    sleep
brain structures and activity in, 226–27
consciousness in levels of, 226, 227
as setting for consciousness research, 226
see also dreams
    sleepwalking, 170
    Slotnick, S. D., 332 n 12
    smooth muscles, 94–95
    social emotions
brain structures and processes in experience of, 127–29
expression in animals, 126
range of, 125
role of, 126
triggering, 125–26, 127
unique features of, 126
    social systems
in behavior of simple life forms, 56–57
benefits of consciousness research, 29
in early human existence, 290–92
extension of homeostasis into, 26–27, 292–93
function of artistic experience in, 294–96
law and justice in, 282–84
multicellular organisms as, 34–35
self-concerned life regulation as basis for, 59–60
see also social emotions
    sociocultural homeostasis, 26–27, 292–94
    somatic marker(s)
function of, 175
source of, 9
    somatosensory cortices
absence of, 119
in creation of consciousness, 208–9
in emotion and feeling, 326 n 8
generation of protoself in, 205
role of, 117–18, 199, 239–40
    spinal cord
mind-making function of, 73–74
signal transmission in, for monitoring body’s internal milieu, 96
see also brain stem
    Spinoza, 282, 320 n 1
    spirituality and religion, 23, 279, 294
    Sporns, Olaf, 222
    Stein, Barry E., 327 n 13
    Steriade, M., 338 n 5
    Strawson, G., 321 n 12
    stream of consciousness, 159
    Strehler, Bernard M., 83, 326 n 11
    striated muscles, 50–51, 94–95
    stroke, 234
    subjectivity
creation of, 201
in creation of consciousness, 10
evolutionary origins of, 182
evolutionary significance of, 4–5
in experience of conscious state of mind, 157
    substance use
addiction, 272, 282
interference in transmission of body’s signals to brain, 121–22
mind-altering substances, 121, 170
    Suhler, C., 340 n 2
    superior colliculus
in creation of consciousness, 209
in creation of self, 207–8
functions of, 83, 244, 326–27 n 12–13
gamma-range electrical oscillations in, 86
image-making in, 85
maps of, 84
structure of, 83
    Sutherland, Stuart, 319 n 1
    Swanson, L. W., 334 n 4
    sympathetic nervous system, 307
    symphonic metaphor of consciousness, 23–25
    synapse, neuronal, 37, 302–3
    synaptic cleft, 303
    systems of systems, 305, 314
    tectum, 244
    tegmentum, 234
    temporal cortex, 215
    temporoparietal junction, 215
    thalamus
anatomy, 306, 309
in coordination of brain stem–cortex functions, 250–51
in coordination of information and images, 248
in creation of consciousness, 209, 247–48
in creation of self, 208, 213, 215
functions, 247
origins of consciousness in, 23, 209, 247–48
sensory function of, 75, 247
in wakefulness, 186
    tissue
incentive system for survival, 52–53
modulation of pain and pleasure states, 53–54
    Tkach, D., 332 n 15
    Todorov, A., 341 n 8
    Tononi, Giulio, 189, 320 n 2, 333 n 2, 334 n 1
    Tootell, Roger, 69, 325 n 3
    Törk, Istvan, 328 n 6
    Tranel, Daniel, 77–78, 325–26 n 5, n 7, 329 n 12, 330 n