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The Primordial Emotions$
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Derek Denton

Print publication date: 2006

Print ISBN-13: 9780199203147

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203147.001.0001

Anatomical structure and physiological functions subserving higher order consciousness

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(p. 189 ) Chapter 11 Anatomical structure and physiological functions subserving higher order consciousness
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The Primordial Emotions
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Derek Denton

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Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203147.003.0011

This chapter examines some theories of higher order processes that influence cognition and reasoning and their implications for the study of brain functions and primal emotions. It describes how the operations of topographically different regions of the brain are bound into a functional entity subserving higher order consciousness. It explains the relevant thoughts of several scientists on the issue including Vernon Mountcastle, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Bernard Baars.

Keywords:   brain functions, primal emotions, cognition, reasoning, Vernon Mountcastle, Changeux, Bernard Baars

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