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Single Idea 4916
[filed under theme 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness
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Full Idea
A huge volume of evidence suggests that consciousness emerges from the activity of the cerebral cortex, and in particular from the frontal lobes.
Gist of Idea
There is enormous evidence that consciousness arises in the frontal lobes of the brain
Source
Rita Carter (Mapping the Mind [1998], p.298)
Book Ref
Carter,Rita: 'Mapping the Mind' [Phoenix 2000], p.298
A Reaction
Dualists must face up to this, and even many physicalists have a rather vague notion about the location of awareness, but we are clearly homing in very precise physical substances which have consciousness as a feature.
The
19 ideas
from Rita Carter
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4902
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Pain doesn't have one brain location, but is linked to attention and emotion
[Carter,R]
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4904
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Proper brains appear at seven weeks, and neonates have as many neurons as adults do
[Carter,R]
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4903
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Scans of brains doing similar tasks produce very similar patterns of activation
[Carter,R]
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4906
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Babies show highly emotional brain events, but may well be unaware of them
[Carter,R]
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4905
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Normal babies seem to have overlapping sense experiences
[Carter,R]
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4907
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The 'locus coeruleus' is one of several candidates for the brain's 'pleasure centre'
[Carter,R]
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4908
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No one knows if animals are conscious
[Carter,R]
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4909
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The only way we can control our emotions is by manipulating the outside world that influences them
[Carter,R]
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4910
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Sense organs don't discriminate; they reduce various inputs to the same electrical pulses
[Carter,R]
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4911
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The recognition sequence is: classify, name, locate, associate, feel
[Carter,R, by PG]
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4912
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Out-of-body experiences may be due to temporary loss of proprioception
[Carter,R]
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4913
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Brain lesions can erase whole categories of perception, suggesting they are hard-wired
[Carter,R]
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4914
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A frog will starve to death surrounded by dead flies
[Carter,R]
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4915
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In primates, brain size correlates closely with size of social group
[Carter,R]
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4916
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There is enormous evidence that consciousness arises in the frontal lobes of the brain
[Carter,R]
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4917
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Consciousness involves awareness, perception, self-awareness, attention and reflection
[Carter,R]
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4918
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In blindsight V1 (normal vision) is inactive, but V5 (movement) lights up
[Carter,R]
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4919
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There seems to be no dividing line between a memory and a thought
[Carter,R]
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4920
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Thinking takes place on the upper side of the prefrontal cortex
[Carter,R]
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