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Oh awesome. That is a word I've been looking for. It lead me to http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v7/n2/full/nn0204-102.html http://www.nature.com/neuro/jour

Oh awesome. That is a word I've been looking for. It lead me to http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v7/n2/full/nn0204-102.html http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v7/n2/full/nn0204-102.ht... Which formalizes the directions I've started to think about, namely the connection and feedback loop between physical sensation and emotion.

jonmc12 10y ago
You might like Craig's paper "Interoception and Emotion: A Neuroanitomical Perspective" https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DFK1QwlrOUAC&pg=PA272&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DFK1QwlrOUAC&pg=PA272&h... He presents evidence that primate emotion evolved from interceptive awareness - goes into fascinating detail about what we know of the underlying, homeostatic, neuroanitomical structures and their evolution.