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Raw feeling: A model for affective consciousness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Jack van Honk ,
Barak E. Morgan  and
Dennis J. L. G. Schutter
Jack van Honk
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, 3584CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
Barak E. Morgan
Affiliation:
Department of Human Biology, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, 7975 Cape Town, South Africa. j.vanhonk@fss.uu.nlbmorgan@cormack.uct.ac.zad.schutter@fss.uu.nl
Dennis J. L. G. Schutter
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychology, Department of Psychology, Utrecht University, 3584CS Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Abstract

Seeking to unlock the secrets of consciousness, neuroscientists have been studying neural correlates of sensory awareness, such as meaningless randomly moving dots. But in the natural world of species' survival, “raw feelings” mediate conscious adaptive responses. Merker connects the brainstem with vigilance, orientating, and emotional consciousness. However, depending on the brain's phylogenetic level, raw feeling takes particular forms.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 107 - 108
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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