@article {Epstein:December 2000:1053-8100:550,
	author = "Epstein R.",
	title = "The Neural-Cognitive Basis of the Jamesian Stream of Thought",
	journal = "Consciousness and Cognition",
	volume = "9",
	year = "December 2000",
	abstract = "<P>William James described the stream of thought as having two components: (1) a <B>nucleus</B> of highly conscious, often perceptual material; and (2) a <B>fringe</B> of dimly felt contextual information that controls the entry of information into the nucleus and guides the progression of internally directed thought. Here I examine the neural and cognitive correlates of this phenomenology. A survey of the cognitive neuroscience literature suggests that the nucleus corresponds to a dynamic global buffer formed by interactions between different regions of the brain, while the fringe corresponds to a set of mechanisms in the frontal and medial temporal lobes that control the contents of this global buffer. A consequence of this account is that there might be conscious imagistic representations that are not part of the nucleus. I argue that phenomenology can be linked to psychology and neuroscience and a meaningful way that illuminates both. <B>Copyright 2000 Academic Press.</B></P>",
	pages = "550-575(26)",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/cc/2000/00000009/00000004/art00486"
}