ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THE BOOK June 21, 2019 MAPPING THE MIND by Rita Carter. UC Berkeley Press, 1998 (224 pages), 2010 2nd ed. (224 pages) QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS note = "The things that happen ... among cells and molecules create the foundations of our mental lives. It is by manipulating them that most existing physical psychiatric therapies work." (16) note = "Antidepressants, for example, work on neurotransmitters: mainly enhancing the action of 'amines' such as serotonin, dopamine and noradrenalin. Research into microscopic brain processes is currently helping to develop drugs to relieve dementia, Parkinson's disease, and stroke damage." (16) note = "Some [brain] scientists believe the secret of consciousness is to be found here or even at a more fundamental level: in the quantum processes thought to occur in the tiniest recesses of brain cells." (16) "The search for the neural basis of consciousness, the philosopher's stone of brain mapping, is providing fascinating insights into its quarry." (181) "The frontal lobes are also responsible for our conscious perception of emotion and our ability to attend and focus. Most important of all, it endows the world with meaning and our lives with a sense of purpose." (181) "The frontal cortex is the part of the human brain that mushroomed most dramatically during our transition from hominid to human... It makes up about 28 percent of the cortical area of the human brain, which is a far larger proportion than in any other animal." (181-182) "The frontal lobes are where ideas are created; plans constructed; thoughts joined with their associations to form new memories; and fleeting perceptions held in mind until they are dispatched to long-term memory or to oblivion." (180) "The frontal lobes are the home of consciousness: consciousness arises here, and emotions are transformed in this place from physical survival systems to subjective feelings." (180) "If you were to draw a 'you are here' sign on your map of the mind, [the arrow would point] to the frontal lobes!" (180) "This new view of the brain echoes an ancient knowledge, since it is here that mystics traditionally placed the 'Third Eye,' which was considered to be the gateway to the highest point of awareness." (180) note = Add note about "neural correlates being related to conscious activity" (181) and more definitions of prefrontal cortex functions (182) instantly return to: QUOTATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly return to: WEBSITE INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™