Insulae de los Galopegos.
As a result,
emperors restricted how high landlords could construct Insulae.".
This includes the Insula, a region that relates to perceiving bodily sensations.
In girls with PTSD, the Insula was smaller than that of girls without trauma.
These regions of the human
brain which include the anterior cingulate cortex and Insula are linked with physical pain.
So they concluded that because they saw activation in the Insula, this meant the subjects loved their iPhones.
Now there's just one problem with this line of reasoning, and that's that the Insula does a lot.
The somatosensory cortex and dorsal posterior Insula areas lit up in both conditions,
suggesting that physical pain and emotional pain are similar.
These early flats were called Insulae or“islands” because they often occupied an entire city block,
with roads flowing around like the sea.
The brain scans
showed activation in a part of the brain called the Insula, a region they say is linked to feelings of love
and compassion.
And being rejected in
love activates a part of the brain called the Insula, which is the same region that lights up when
we are in physical pain.
While processing these images, male brains immediately activated circuitry involved in regulating shifts of attention to the world(i.e.,
the dorsal anterior Insula cortex and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex).
This is an island of cortex(“Insula” is Latin for island)
which in adults covers very diverse roles as it puts together basic physical information with emotional, cognitive and motivational signals.
The point here is, when you see activation in the Insula, you can't just pick
and choose your favorite explanation from off this list, and it's a really long list.
Each baby had frequent activity bursts in their EEG and with fMRI we were able to see that most of them were coming from a tucked
away pyramid-shaped brain region called the Insula.
This part of the brain is a bit mysterious, but
particular tastes are probably represented in the Insula(we know this because removal of the Insula and stimulation of the Insula seem to have taste effects).
The Insula is a region buried deep within the cerebral
cortex that plays a key role in interoceptive processing(how much or how little attention one pays to sensory information within the body), emotion regulation, and self-awareness.
Scientists at Vanderbilt University demonstrated that while high levels of dopamine in known motivational centers can enhance your willingness to work hard for a reward, high levels of dopamine are also found in the brains of people that show reduced motivation to work,
just in a different part of the brain called the Insula[5].