Emotional states of consciousness, or what are typically called emotional feelings, are
traditionally viewed as being innately programmed in subcortical areas of the brain, and are …

What makes us conscious? Many theories that attempt to answer this question have
appeared recently in the context of widespread interest about consciousness in the cognitive …

Consciousness and emotion feature prominently in our personal lives, yet remain enigmatic.
Recent advances prompt further distinctions that should provide more experimental traction …

This paper proposes a theory of how conscious emotional experience is produced by the
brain as the result of many interacting brain areas coordinated in working memory. These …

We propose a new approach to the neuroscience of consciousness, growing out of the
'enactive'viewpoint in cognitive science. This approach aims to map the neural substrates of …

Presenting state-of-the-art work on the conscious and unconscious processes involved in
emotion, this integrative volume brings together leading psychologists, neuroscientists, and …

It is commonly believed that consciousness is a higher brain function. Here we consider the
likelihood, based on abundant neuroevolutionary data that lower brain affective …

In the search for neural correlates of consciousness (NCC), the concept of 'consciousness'
remains problematic. We suggest that not only the 'consciousness' in neural correlates of …

An adequate understanding of 'the self'and/or 'primary-process consciousness' should allow
us to explain how affective experiences are created within the brain. Primitive emotional …

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