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Embodied Mind : Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies by Thomas R. Verny (2021, Hardcover)

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PublisherPegasus Books

ISBN-101643137999

ISBN-139781643137995

eBay Product ID (ePID)22050388714

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Book TitleEmbodied Mind : Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies

Number of Pages258 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCognitive Science, Neuroscience, General

Publication Year2021

IllustratorYes

GenreScience, Psychology, Medical

AuthorThomas R. Verny

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight16.4 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-279000

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsThe human mind is broader than the brain, bigger even than the body. In this fascinating book, our guide takes us on a journey into the fully embodied nature of mental life, reviewing the cutting-edge science revealing how the body responds to and encodes experience into its structure and function. Filled with exciting summaries of the empirical support for the important view that our feelings, thoughts, and memories are shaped by physiological functions beyond those of our head-encased brain, this book invites us to 'think outside the box' and consider the body more than a transport vehicle for who we are, but rather one part of a much larger story than previously believed by contemporary scientific views of mind and self.

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal128.2

SynopsisAs groundbreaking synthesis that promises to shift our understanding of the mind-brain connection and its relationship with our bodies. We understand the workings of the human body as a series of interdependent physiological relationships: muscle interacts with bone as the heart responds to hormones secreted by the brain, all the way down to the inner workings of every cell. To make an organism function, no one component can work alone. In light of this, why is it that the accepted understanding that the physical phenomenon of the mind is attributed only to the brain? In The Embodied Mind , internationally renowned psychiatrist Dr. Thomas R. Verny sets out to redefine our concept of the mind and consciousness. He brilliantly compiles new research that points to the mind's ties to every part of the body. The Embodied Mind collects disparate findings in physiology, genetics, and quantum physics in order to illustrate the mounting evidence that somatic cells, not just neural cells, store memory, inform genetic coding, and adapt to environmental changes--all behaviors that contribute to the mind and consciousness. Cellular memory, Verny shows, is not just an abstraction, but a well-documented scientific fact that will shift our understanding of memory. Verny describes single-celled organisms with no brains demonstrating memory, and points to the remarkable case of a French man who, despite having a brain just a fraction of the typical size, leads a normal life with a family and a job. The Embodied Mind shows how intelligence and consciousness--traits traditionally attributed to the brain alone--also permeate our entire being. Bodily cells and tissues use the same molecular mechanisms for memory as our brain, making our mind more fluid and adaptable than we could have ever imaged., As groundbreaking synthesis that promises to shift our understanding of the mind-brain connection and its relationship with our bodies.

LC Classification NumberBF161