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How Do You Feel?: An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self
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How Do You Feel?: An Interoceptive Moment with Your Neurobiological Self
by A. D. Craig (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 out of 5 stars 44 ratings
A book that fundamentally changes how neuroscientists and psychologists categorize sensations and understand the origins and significance of human feelings
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 perceptual feelings, and a subjective image of the sentient self across time. Craig explains how feelings represent activity patterns in our brains that signify emotions, intentions, and thoughts, and how integration of these patterns is driven by the unique energy needs of the hominid brain. He describes the essential role of feelings and the insular cortex in such diverse realms as music, fluid intelligence, and bivalent emotions, and relates these ideas to the philosophy of William James and even to feelings in dogs.
How Do You Feel? is also a compelling insider's account of scientific discovery, one that takes readers behind the scenes as the astonishing answer to this neurological puzzle is pursued and pieced together from seemingly unrelated fields of scientific inquiry. This book will fundamentally alter the way that neuroscientists and psychologists categorize sensations and understand the origins and significance of human feelings.
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"An engaging and uniquely personal perspective on the neurobiology of feelings. One gains a clear, comprehensive, and integrative view of the evolution and future of the field through the lens of a creative neuroscientist and scholar."--Helen S. Mayberg, Emory University School of Medicine
"This fascinating book is truly a must-read for anyone interested in the biological underpinnings of human perception. Craig integrates evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry to present new insights into how our brains enable us to experience the range of sensations and mental states known as feelings. Readers won't just learn about captivatingly novel findings, but will enormously enjoy the sheer elegance of Craig's thought."--Nikos K. Logothetis, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
"In this engaging book, Craig develops a revolutionary new approach to how we think about emotions. How Do You Feel? provides a compelling and comprehensive view of a major shift in the field. It reflects Craig's almost encyclopedic knowledge, and is an impressive collection and integration of scientific facts."--Martin P. Paulus, University of California, San Diego
"In this provocative and deeply creative book, Craig shares his journey of scientific discovery to reveal an insight that is both simple and sweeping: the nervous system contains a sensory pathway that is built for regulating homeostasis, and it functions as a fundamental, organizing feature of the mind. Many of the psychological phenomena that we think of as independent and separate--metabolism, emotion, stress, pain, and time perception--are all united, in one way or another, by this sensory pathway. After reading this book, you will think differently about the nature of consciousness, and, ultimately, what it means to be human."--Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
357 pages
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"An engaging and uniquely personal perspective on the neurobiology of feelings. One gains a clear, comprehensive, and integrative view of the evolution and future of the field through the lens of a creative neuroscientist and scholar."--Helen S. Mayberg, Emory University School of Medicine
"This fascinating book is truly a must-read for anyone interested in the biological underpinnings of human perception. Craig integrates evidence from neuroscience, psychology, and psychiatry to present new insights into how our brains enable us to experience the range of sensations and mental states known as feelings. Readers won't just learn about captivatingly novel findings, but will enormously enjoy the sheer elegance of Craig's thought."--Nikos K. Logothetis, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
"In this engaging book, Craig develops a revolutionary new approach to how we think about emotions. How Do You Feel? provides a compelling and comprehensive view of a major shift in the field. It reflects Craig's almost encyclopedic knowledge, and is an impressive collection and integration of scientific facts."--Martin P. Paulus, University of California, San Diego
"In this provocative and deeply creative book, Craig shares his journey of scientific discovery to reveal an insight that is both simple and sweeping: the nervous system contains a sensory pathway that is built for regulating homeostasis, and it functions as a fundamental, organizing feature of the mind. Many of the psychological phenomena that we think of as independent and separate--metabolism, emotion, stress, pain, and time perception--are all united, in one way or another, by this sensory pathway. After reading this book, you will think differently about the nature of consciousness, and, ultimately, what it means to be human."--Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
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Publisher : Princeton University Press; Illustrated edition (21 December 2014)
Print length : 357 pages
Publisher : Princeton University Press; Illustrated edition (21 December 2014)
Print length : 357 pages
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Claudio L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Finalmente c'è chi ha capito qual'è l'afferenza del SNA!Reviewed in Italy on 26 February 2018
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Extraordinary book for its scientific nature. It expresses a new vision on Interoception and, in general, on that afferent part of the ANS that was considered non-existent for many years. Entirely in English, suitable only and exclusively for professionals (as well as for those who have an excellent linguistic background, both basic and otherwise), this is why reading is decidedly complex, especially in the repeated descriptions of laboratory experiments. In any case, highly recommended!
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D. S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!Reviewed in Brazil on 16 June 2016
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Excellent book on an important subject: interoception. We all need to know more about it. Recommended especially for health professionals.
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sandy
5.0 out of 5 stars Written by a brilliant neuroscientist, the book needs to be read slowly ...Reviewed in the United States on 25 May 2015
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It's not often that such an important book comes along. "How Do You Feel" explains how and why all feelings and social emotions arise in your body and brain. It lays out a radical new paradigm, based on detailed neuroanatomical findings, to support its conclusions about your sense of time, awareness, embodiment and agency. Written by a brilliant neuroscientist, the book needs to be read slowly but the effort is worth every astonishing insight.
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jazzygy
4.0 out of 5 stars A paradigm shift in understanding of pain and emotionsReviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2015
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This is book of massive importance to the worlds of psychology and pain science. It is not a book for those without a fairly decent understanding of neuroanatomy.However I have been reading it almost at a rate of 10 pages a day. You need to stop to digest and re read several passages to keep up with the information.
Too often you hear in neuroscience people stating that their work represents a paradigm shift , but that really is true for this presentation of a lifetimes work from a brilliant neuroanatomist.
I only gave 4 stars as it was so difficult.I would like to have seen Sandra Blakeslee helping to give a more user friendly version
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