How do you feel--now? The anterior insula and human awareness.
A D Bud Craig
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2009 DOI: 10.1038/nrn2555 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Keywords | Cerebral cortex Neurons Humans Acoustic stimulation Photic stimulation Emotions Cognition Awareness Perception Decision making |
| Key points | Argues that the anterior insular cortex's function in re-representing interoception may account for its involvement in all subjective feelings, and that new findings suggest a fundamental role for the AIC and its von Economo neurons in awareness, making it a candidate neural correlate of consciousness. |
Abstract
The anterior insular cortex (AIC) is implicated in a wide range of conditions and behaviours, from bowel distension and orgasm, to cigarette craving and maternal love, to decision making and sudden insight. Its function in the re-representation of interoception offers one possible basis for its involvement in all subjective feelings. New findings suggest a fundamental role for the AIC (and the von Economo neurons it contains) in awareness, and thus it needs to be considered as a potential neural correlate of consciousness.
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