Hi Albert,
They commonly use IMRI (which detects which parts of the brain are operating at the moment) to find which parts of the brakin function at certain times. They find that introspective reflection turns on an areas in the prefrontal cortex: http://www.healthimaging.com/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=24144:study-mri-sheds-light-on-introspective-qualities Study: MRI sheds light on introspective qualities The whole concept of the triune brain shows that certain broad areas of the brain show 1 of 3 functions. reptilian, limbic, cortex or thought. My suggestion is that the amygdala is the center and perceiver of these activities just from the brain map. Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Alberto G. Corona Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-11, 07:33:36 Subject: Re: The self (the amygdala) and the triune brain The idea of looking for a spatio-temporal location of the mental (or soul) categories in the brain is wrong IHMO, and it is surprising to heart this from you Roger. Brain localization of mental functions is like trying to locate physically the spell checker of a word processor in the hardware of a personal computer. The spell checker uses most of the hardware. But there are low level computer functions that are physically located, such are the floating point unit, the memory transfer unit etc. ?here are a parallelism in the brain: ?HMO there is a confusion between very specialized functions, like sensory processing, which are localized for reasons of processing efficiency and wider, higuer level functions like the self, which are not subject to this restriction. As far as i know, the amygdala is part of these efficiency-constrained parts of the brain. For this reason it is almost a separate organ. It is in charge of ?arly processing of sensory data to trigger rapid responses before they are consciously?nalysed. 2012/9/11 Roger Clough <[email protected]> ? ? The self (the amygdala)?nd the triune brain ? Since neuroscience omits or seems not to feature the most important part of the brain, the self, I've decided to try to locate it. I believe it is the amygdala. ? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KY_sgX2gAMY/Tg1zrbUs_fI/AAAAAAAAAfM/-XBfGi_O0RU/s1600/triune%2Bbrain.gif ? ? ? ? The amygdala is a small brain organ which is not pictured in the above diagram but is in the center of the reptelian brain in the above diagram.?n fact it is at the well-protected center of the entire brain, where common sense, overall access to brain functions,?nd necessary?survival tells you it ought to be. ?ts function is to alert you to anything dangerous in your path such as a snake. Thus it must have two functions, a cognitive one to tell a branch from a snake, and an affective one (fear) to cause you to jump back from the snake. ? amygdala = cognitive + affective ? Although neuroscience does not consider consciousness to be a dipole as below: ? Cs = subject + object ? ? It is a logical necessity. My suggestion is that the subject is the amygdala and the object is any needed part of the brain (you can find maps of these through Google. ? In this model, consciousness is at the bottom based on feelings, such as the sense of passing time,or self-centered fear. Above or beyond?re the cognitive functions necessary for thinking and image perception. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
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