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How do you feel? Interoception: the sense of the physiological condition of the body.

A.D. (Bud) Craig
- 01 Aug 2002 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 8, pp 655-666
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Functional anatomical work has detailed an afferent neural system in primates and in humans that represents all aspects of the physiological condition of the physical body that might provide a foundation for subjective feelings, emotion and self-awareness.
Abstract
As humans, we perceive feelings from our bodies that relate our state of well-being, our energy and stress levels, our mood and disposition. How do we have these feelings? What neural processes do they represent? Recent functional anatomical work has detailed an afferent neural system in primates and in humans that represents all aspects of the physiological condition of the physical body. This system constitutes a representation of 'the material me', and might provide a foundation for subjective feelings, emotion and self-awareness.

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Abnormal body perception and neural activity in the insula in depression: An fMRI study of the depressed "material me"

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Bolus isoproterenol infusions provide a reliable method for assessing interoceptive awareness.

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The past, present and future of social neuroscience: A European perspective.

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The functional neuroanatomy of the evolving parent-infant relationship.

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The Principles of Psychology

William James
TL;DR: For instance, the authors discusses the multiplicity of the consciousness of self in the form of the stream of thought and the perception of space in the human brain, which is the basis for our work.
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain

TL;DR: The authors argued that rational decisions are not the product of logic alone - they require the support of emotion and feeling, drawing on his experience with neurological patients affected with brain damage, Dr Damasio showed how absence of emotions and feelings can break down rationality.
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Pain mechanisms: a new theory.

Ronald Melzack, +1 more
- 19 Nov 1965 - 
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The Integrative Action of the Nervous System

TL;DR: In this article, the Integrative Action of the Nervous System [1906] Charles S. Sherrington, W.B. Hadden, and W.A. Baly have been discussed.
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