subcortical
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Conscious feelings are one of its techniques, emerging “deep in the subcortical regions” where the brain’s interoceptive neurons receive messages from the body and Cartesian duality dissolves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
Their work broadens the evolutionary perspective, comparing subcortical visual systems across species.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
The kind of low-level gaze-following they engage in is mediated by subcortical structures of the brain–those more “primitive” parts also found in mammals and fish.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2024
These analyses revealed functional connections between the subcortical default ascending arousal network and the cortical default mode network that contributes to self-awareness in the resting, conscious brain.
From Science Daily ● May 1, 2024
They are organized into "local circuits" within the cortex; the local circuits form "subcortical nuclei," which together form "cortical regions," which form "systems," which form "systems of systems," which form you.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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