The signals and the neuronal mechanisms that underlying the behavior, actions, and action-directed goals in man and animals during conscious state are not fully understood, and the neuro-dynamic mechanisms and the sou...The signals and the neuronal mechanisms that underlying the behavior, actions, and action-directed goals in man and animals during conscious state are not fully understood, and the neuro-dynamic mechanisms and the source of these neuronal signals are not authenticated. Temporal judgment alone can neither account for neural signaling necessary for emergence of conscious act nor explain RP （Readiness Potential, the accepted neural correlate time needed for the neurons to fire） that precedes the onset of action or the latency time of 0.5 ms that precedes the conscious act found by Libet. Neuronal feedback mechanisms between the heart and the brain seem feasible and logical suggestions to be considered, so clearly, I would suggest that the onset of a conscious-directed goal, conscious action, freewill, intension, and the neural signals and mechanisms that control them may depend upon the interaction between two sources： （1） the brain and （2） the heart. The temporal-cardiac （neural system） interaction has been well established in heart-brain interaction studies by many workers who found that the work of the heart precedes that of the brain in EEG （electroencephalography） findings in conscious stimulation, which may explain and account for RP time and the 0.5 ms latency period of Libet＇s important findings. According to my hypothesis （AlFaki 2009） and views, the temporal neurons in the soma to-sensory cortex will respond to conscious stimulation only after receiving neuronal signals from the cardiac neurons in the neural plexus of the heart; after variable millisecond equivalent to RP or Libet＇s latency period prior to temporal neuronal firinging in response to conscious act, this time is the time needed by cardiac neurons to process and signal information to the brain through feedback mechanism and heart-brain interaction.展开更多
文摘The signals and the neuronal mechanisms that underlying the behavior, actions, and action-directed goals in man and animals during conscious state are not fully understood, and the neuro-dynamic mechanisms and the source of these neuronal signals are not authenticated. Temporal judgment alone can neither account for neural signaling necessary for emergence of conscious act nor explain RP （Readiness Potential, the accepted neural correlate time needed for the neurons to fire） that precedes the onset of action or the latency time of 0.5 ms that precedes the conscious act found by Libet. Neuronal feedback mechanisms between the heart and the brain seem feasible and logical suggestions to be considered, so clearly, I would suggest that the onset of a conscious-directed goal, conscious action, freewill, intension, and the neural signals and mechanisms that control them may depend upon the interaction between two sources： （1） the brain and （2） the heart. The temporal-cardiac （neural system） interaction has been well established in heart-brain interaction studies by many workers who found that the work of the heart precedes that of the brain in EEG （electroencephalography） findings in conscious stimulation, which may explain and account for RP time and the 0.5 ms latency period of Libet＇s important findings. According to my hypothesis （AlFaki 2009） and views, the temporal neurons in the soma to-sensory cortex will respond to conscious stimulation only after receiving neuronal signals from the cardiac neurons in the neural plexus of the heart; after variable millisecond equivalent to RP or Libet＇s latency period prior to temporal neuronal firinging in response to conscious act, this time is the time needed by cardiac neurons to process and signal information to the brain through feedback mechanism and heart-brain interaction.
