Self Comes to Mind

2, 340 n 5, 341 n 12
    transcranial magnetic stimulation, 19
    trigeminal nerve, 96–97
    trigeminal nucleus, 194–95
    Trimble, M. R., 335 n 2
    Twain, Mark, 31
    unique memory, 139–40
    vagus nerve, 73–74
    Valenstein, Edward, 325 n 5
    Van Hoesen, Gary, 219, 230, 325–26 n 7, 331 n 5, 335 n 3, 336 n 11
    vasopressin, 47
    vegetative states, 161–62, 235, 244
    ventral tegmental area, 209
    ventromedial prefrontal cortex
in as-if body loop mechanism, 102
in emotional processing, 112
in production of qualia effects, 255
    Villanueva, L., 328 n 6
    viscera
brain connection with, 117–19
components, 93, 95
fear response in, 114
    visual system
anticipation in, 102
awareness of seeing, 196–97
brain structures involved in, 83–84, 85, 199
components of sensory portal, 197
image space for memory recall in, 142
interconnecting maps in, 260
map making in, 67, 68, 260
speed of, 303
see also sensory systems
    Von Economo neurons, 242
    Wade, Nicholas, 341 n 14
    wakefulness
brain structures and processes in, 186–87, 227, 247, 248
consciousness and, 3, 4, 158, 159–60, 183
in early clinical conceptualizations of coma, 245
epileptic automatism and, 162–66
gradations of, 159, 160
    Watts, Alan G., 324 n 9
    Wearing, Clive, 238–39
    Wearing, Deborah, 238–39
    Weber, E. H., 328 n 5
    Wegner, Dan, 269, 280, 340 n 1
    well-being
advantages of consciousness in life regulation for, 59
as biological value, 48
conscious awareness of optimal life regulation, 56
see also homeostatic range
    white matter, 309
    Wiesel, Torsten, 325 n 3
    will to live, 258
manifestations in simple life forms, 35
    Wilson, E. O., 322 n 15, 323 n 1, 342 n 16
    wisdom, 280–81
    witness, self as, 12–13
    Wood, James, 159, 333 n 1
    Wright, Richard, 341 n 14
    Young, L., 341 n 12
    Zangladze, A., 331 n 10
    Zhou, Y-D., 331 n 10
    Zweig, Jason, 341 n 7

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