Insula - What does it mean?
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(historical) A block of buildings in a Roman town.
(anatomy) The insular cortex, a structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus.
* {{quote-news, 2007, February 6, Sandra Blakeslee, A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects, newspaper=New York Times
, passage=All mammals have insulas that read their body condition, Dr. Craig said. }}
* 2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 608:
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- The insula registers our physical gut feelings, including the sensation of a distended stomach and other inner states like nausea, warmth, a full bladder, and a pounding heart.
