insula

n.

脑岛；孤点；

1. Antoine Bechara said the insula is not the only area of the brain involved in cigarette addiction.
   安托万别查拉说，脑岛不是脑部唯一与烟瘾有关联的部位。
2. Humans have evolved to pay attention to the messages the insula sends, with the result that it hurts to pay cash.
   人们会很重视从脑岛发送出来的信息，因此它会影响到你用现金付账的行为。
3. This suggests that insula damage does not make a person lose fundamental urges.Instead, the researchers suggest, insula damage affects only "learned pleasures.
   但他同时强调，由于人体许多日常功能都与岛叶有关，在根据这一发现研究戒烟新方法时应避免殃及人的食欲等正常机能。

Insula of the old world monkey
Both of Us Disgusted in My Insula
Damage to the Insula Disrupts Addiction to Cigarette Smoking
A common role of insula in feelings, empathy and uncertainty
Insula of the old world monkey. III: Efferent cortical output and comments on function
How do you feel—now? The anterior insula and human awareness.
Insula of the old world monkey. Architectonics in the insulo‐orbito‐temporal component of the paralimbic brain
Both of us disgusted in My insula: the common neural basis of seeing and feeling disgust
Saliency, switching, attention and control: a network model of insula function
Increased activation in the right insula during risk-taking decision making is related to harm avoidance and neuroticism