Nah, the function of the amygdala only contributes one range of sense and motive to the self.
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/12/16/brain-anomaly-leaves-woman-without-fear This woman has no amygdala, but besides not being able to experience or act out of fear, "she is otherwise cognitively typical and experiences other emotions such as happiness and sadness." The self is orthogonal to it's shadows (brain, body, cells, clothes, house, planet). The self is a lifetime. It is an experience of significance through time, nothing more or less. On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:06:05 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: > > > > The self (the amygdala) and 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. In fact > it is at the > well-protected center of the entire brain, where common sense, overall > access to > brain functions, and necessary survival tells you it ought to be. Its > 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 are > the cognitive functions necessary for thinking and image perception. > > > > > > > > > > > Roger Clough, rclo...@verizon.net <javascript:> > 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/sHOCiL_SZMwJ. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
