Feelings of emotion and the self. Damasio, A Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1001:253–261, 2003.
abstract   bibtex   
The self is a critical component of consciousness. The neural correlates of self have proven elusive, but it is reasonable to suggest that, in its simplest form, the self process requires a composite representation of the ongoing state of the organism as reflected in subcortical and cortical somatic maps within the central nervous system. The basis for these maps is a wealth of signals originating in different sectors of the body-proper. Some of these signals portray the actual state of the body as modified by emotions in response to interactions with the environment; but other signals are the result of internal simulations controlled from other regions of the central nervous system.
@article{damasio_feelings_2003,
	title = {Feelings of emotion and the self},
	volume = {1001},
	abstract = {The self is a critical component of consciousness. The neural correlates of self have proven elusive, but it is reasonable to suggest that, in its simplest form, the self process requires a composite representation of the ongoing state of the organism as reflected in subcortical and cortical somatic maps within the central nervous system. The basis for these maps is a wealth of signals originating in different sectors of the body-proper. Some of these signals portray the actual state of the body as modified by emotions in response to interactions with the environment; but other signals are the result of internal simulations controlled from other regions of the central nervous system.},
	journal = {Ann N Y Acad Sci},
	author = {Damasio, A},
	year = {2003},
	pmid = {14625365},
	keywords = {*Ego, Brain, Consciousness/physiology, Emotions/*physiology, Humans, Mental Processes, Psychophysiology, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't},
	pages = {253--261},
}

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