Consciousness and Self-Regulation

1 The Human Brain and Conscious Activity 1.- 2 Imagery and Thinking: Covert Functioning of the Motor System.- I. Bodily Systems Implicated in Thought.- II. Neuromuscular Circuit Models of Thought.- III. Methodological Criteria.- IV. Empirical Studies.- V. The Curare Strategy.- VI. Stimulation, Surgical, and Clinical Strategies.- VII. Conclusions and Interpretation 83.- References.- 3 Regulation of the Stream of Consciousness: Toward a Theory of Ongoing Thought.- I. The Stream of Consciousness as a Psychological Problem: Arts and Sciences.- II. Psychoanalytic Approaches and the Notion of Regression.- III. Toward a Formulation of Ongoing Thought 105.- IV. Optimal Levels of Stimulation: A Cognitive-Affective View.- V. Some Research Prospects 128 References.- 4 Self-Deception, Self-Confrontation, and Consciousness.- I. Introduction.- II. Criteria Necessary and Sufficient for Ascribing Self- Deception.- III. Empirical Investigations of Self-Confrontation.- IV. The Experimental Investigation of Self-Deception.- V. Self-Deception, Functional Brain Asymmetry, and Consciousness.- 5 Visceroception, Awareness, and Behavior.- I. Visceroception and Psychophysics.- II. The Visceroceptive Threshold.- III. Visceral Discrimination.- IV. Visceral Perception.- V. Conclusions: The Possible Roles of Visceroception 209.- References.- 6 Stimulus-Bound Behavior and Biological Self- Regulation: Feeding, Obesity, and External Control.- I. Cues for Eating.- II. Individual Differences in Attention and Responsiveness to External Cues.- III. Generalizability of the Obesity-Externality Findings.- IV. Regulation and External Responsiveness.- V. The Internal-External Distinction 230.- References.- 7 Operant Conditioning of Autonomic Responses: One Perspective on the Curare Experiments.- I. Introductionand Background.- II. Some Experiments on Learning in the Curarized Rat.- III. The Case against Learning.- IV. Status of the Original Experiments.- V. Implications.- VI. Conclusion 310.- Appendix 312.- References.- 8 Acquired Control of Peripheral Vascular Responses.- I. Introduction: Scope and Issues.- II. Anatomy and Function of the Peripheral Vasomotor System.- III. Classical Conditioning of Vasomotor Responses.- IV. Instrumental Control of Vasomotor Responses.- V. Discussion 353.- References.- 9 On the Nature of Alpha Feedback Training 359.- I. Introduction.- II. Studies Suggesting Alpha Feedback Training May Influence Subjective Experience.- III. The Basic Alpha Feedback Experiments.- IV. Essential Refinements of Alpha Feedback Methods.- V. The Significance of the Visuomotor System for Alpha Feedback Training.- VI. Alpha and Arousal/Activation.- VII. Is Direct Awareness of Alpha Wave Production Possible? 387.- VIII. The Effects of Cognitive Activity on Alpha Dynamics.- IX. Overview and Prospects 396.- References.- 10 Passive Meditation: Subjective, Clinical, and Electrographic Comparison with Biofeedback.- I. Overview of This Chapter.- II. Biofeedback.- III. Passive Meditation.- IV. Electrographic Studies.- V. Overview of Clinical Indications.- VI. Summary 424.- References.- Author Index 429.