The Neural Correlates of Feeling That Explain Consciousness

Our conscious minds think and feel. Thinking deals in information. Feeling is the single defining distinction between consciousness and nonconsciousness. Known brain structures and their behaviors have been proposed as the Neural Correlates of Consciousness. To fully be so they must be plausibly associated with both the informational and the affective aspects of consciousness, especially the latter. It turns out that previously precisely specified sites in the brain for NCC are largely correct though they may have to be more inclusive, and the rationalizing theory must be extended to incorporate feeling. A full understanding requires physics and the extension of existing physics; the latter is presently required anyway for other reasons. The implications lead to world-changing technologies. Extensive supporting argument is in the references.