
Consciousness May Lie in Deep Brain Feelings, Not the Cortex
A Noema feature argues that conscious experience could emerge from a finite set of primitive feelings generated by deep-brain circuits, with the cortex supplying content while ancient subcortical systems arbitrate motivation; AI milestones showing cognition without consciousness prompt a shift to locating consciousness in deep brain rather than cortex and integrating consciousness research with mainstream neuroscience, using AI analysis and non-invasive stimulation to test these mechanisms.
