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The feeling of what happens : body and emotion in the making of consciousness

A new theory of consciousness and the construction of identity focuses on the body's reaction to its world, postulating that a complex relationship between body, emotion, and mind is required to configure the self
Print Book, English, 1999
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Harcourt Brace, New York, 1999
xii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780151003693, 9780156010757, 9780434007738, 9780099288763, 0151003696, 0156010755, 0434007730, 0099288761
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Introduction. Stepping into the light
Feeling and knowing. Emotion and feeling
Core consciousness
The hint half hinted
A biology for knowing. The organism and the object
The making of core consciousness
Extended consciousness
The neurology of consciousness
Bound to know. Feeling feelings
Using consciousness
Under the light
Appendix. Notes on mind and brain