ALPHABETICAL BRAIN™ VOCABULARY HUMANIST FAMILY BRAIN STUDY QUOTES ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS FROM BOOK = MAPPING THE MIND December 22, 2018 BOOK PUBLISHING DATA MAPPING THE MIND by Rita Carter. UC Berkeley Press, 1998, 2010 2nd ed. QUOTES ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS "The search for the neural basis of consciousness, the philosopher's stone of brain mapping, is providing fascinating insights into its quarry." (page 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." (page 181) "The frontal cortex is the part of the human brain that mushroomed most dramatically during our transition from hominid to human and 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." (pages 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. (page 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." (page 180) "If you were to draw a 'you are here' sign on your map of the mind, it is to the frontal lobes that the arrow would point!" (page 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." (page 180) instantly return to: LIST OF BOOKS WITH QUOTES ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly return to: LIST OF BOOKS WITH CITATIONS ABOUT CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly return to: DETAILS ABOUT HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS or instantly go to: WEBSITE INDEX produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas™