@article {309633, title = {How do you feel--now? The anterior insula and human awareness.}, journal = {Nat Rev Neurosci}, volume = {10}, year = {2009}, month = {2009 Jan}, pages = {59-70}, abstract = {

The anterior insular cortex (AIC) is implicated in a wide range of conditions and behaviours, from bowel distension and orgasm, to cigarette craving and maternal love, to decision making and sudden insight. Its function in the re-representation of interoception offers one possible basis for its involvement in all subjective feelings. New findings suggest a fundamental role for the AIC (and the von Economo neurons it contains) in awareness, and thus it needs to be considered as a potential neural correlate of consciousness.

}, keywords = {Acoustic Stimulation, Awareness, Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Decision making, Emotions, Humans, Neurons, Perception, Photic Stimulation}, issn = {1471-0048}, doi = {10.1038/nrn2555}, author = {Craig, A D Bud} }