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How do you feel? : an interoceptive moment with your neurobiological self /

How Do You Feel? brings together startling evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry to present revolutionary new insights into how our brains enable us to experience the range of sensations and mental states known as feelings. Drawing on his own cutting-edge research, neurobiologist Bu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Craig, A. D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2014]
©2015
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How Do You Feel? brings together startling evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry to present revolutionary new insights into how our brains enable us to experience the range of sensations and mental states known as feelings. Drawing on his own cutting-edge research, neurobiologist Bud Craig has identified an area deep inside the mammalian brain-the insular cortex-as the place where interoception, or the processing of bodily stimuli, generates feelings. He shows how this crucial pathway for interoceptive awareness gives rise in humans to the feeling of being alive, vivid percep.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (381 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400852727
1400852722
9780691156767
069115676X