Archives - Consciousness: Page 6
Author: paul carson (Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:52 pm)
Title: The Insula and Consciosness
The Insula and Consciosness
The system works from the bottom up. First, the body senses cues in the outside world, and responds. The heart rate might elevate at the sight of a stranger’s angry face, for example; other muscles might relax in response to a pleasant whiff of smoke.
All of this happens instantaneously and unconsciously, Dr. Damasio said until the insula integrates the information and makes it readable to the conscious regions of the brain.
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