What does cogweb mean?

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like societies, involve power from the base (of the brain) and control from the
superstructure. As was noted earlier, the areas I have discussed are not the only
ones involved in emotion processing. Other regions (like the insula, thought
among other things to process painful stimuli) also play a role, but what that role
is remains to be fully understood.
What is clear, however, is that emotions involve interaction between cortex
and subcortex, between body and brain, at a number of interconnected levels.
Simple stimulusresponse circuits have you freezing before you know why; mor
complex cogwebs identify a badly lit street or the sound of footsteps; the most
intricate associations link darkness to the terrors of childhood, approaching steps
to horror lms or crime dramas. An undamaged brain is as permeated with emo-
tional information as a well-made lemon souf is with lemon. In the words o