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<blockquote data-quote="FrumiousBandersnatch" data-source="post: 71994419" data-attributes="member: 241055"><p>As I said, it is just one of many attempts at an explanation, and as they said, the visual system was used because it is relatively well-understood. </p><p></p><p>When the focus of attention is turned inwards, it is efferent cortical activity that initiates activity in the higher sensory processing areas and particularly the mid and hind brain areas involved in generating self perception (location, orientation, bounds, ownership, agency, perspective, etc.) through the downward 'feedback' connections. Also, the neural activity involved in controlled breathing tends to suppress the areas involved with anxiety responses, and repeated sessions involving breathing control will reduce the connectivity to these areas.</p><p></p><p>For a neurological perspective - if you haven't already explored it, I recommend Stanislas Dehaene's '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079692-consciousness-and-the-brain" target="_blank">Consciousness and the Brain</a>', and Antonio Damasio's slightly more technical '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7766914-self-comes-to-mind" target="_blank">Self Comes To Mind</a>' .</p><p></p><p>No, I think our subjective experience of it is misleading. We typically feel as if the conscious 'us' is in full control, a captain of the ship, making considered and rational decisions, but that is far from the case; and we are conscious of only a very simplified (and distorted) model of ourselves. Kahneman's '<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow" target="_blank">Thinking, Fast and Slow</a>' gives a good overview of one aspect of this.</p><p> </p><p>I don't think so; as long as we can continue to develop our models of the world, and they continue to describe, explain, and predict what we can, and do, observe, that's sufficient unto the day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrumiousBandersnatch, post: 71994419, member: 241055"] As I said, it is just one of many attempts at an explanation, and as they said, the visual system was used because it is relatively well-understood. When the focus of attention is turned inwards, it is efferent cortical activity that initiates activity in the higher sensory processing areas and particularly the mid and hind brain areas involved in generating self perception (location, orientation, bounds, ownership, agency, perspective, etc.) through the downward 'feedback' connections. Also, the neural activity involved in controlled breathing tends to suppress the areas involved with anxiety responses, and repeated sessions involving breathing control will reduce the connectivity to these areas. For a neurological perspective - if you haven't already explored it, I recommend Stanislas Dehaene's '[URL='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079692-consciousness-and-the-brain']Consciousness and the Brain[/URL]', and Antonio Damasio's slightly more technical '[URL='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7766914-self-comes-to-mind']Self Comes To Mind[/URL]' . No, I think our subjective experience of it is misleading. We typically feel as if the conscious 'us' is in full control, a captain of the ship, making considered and rational decisions, but that is far from the case; and we are conscious of only a very simplified (and distorted) model of ourselves. Kahneman's '[URL='https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow']Thinking, Fast and Slow[/URL]' gives a good overview of one aspect of this. I don't think so; as long as we can continue to develop our models of the world, and they continue to describe, explain, and predict what we can, and do, observe, that's sufficient unto the day. [/QUOTE]
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