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The Embodied Mind
- Author
- Thomas R. Verny
- Narrator
- Matthew Josdal
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 21 December 2021
- Run Time
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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.
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.
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Details
- Author
- Thomas R. Verny
- Narrator
- Matthew Josdal
- Duration
- 7 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 December 2021
- ISBN
- 9781666192025
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, Neurosciences, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Abnormal psychology, Trauma and shock, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology
Synopsis
We understand the workings of the human body as a series of interdependent physiological relationships, all the way down to the inner workings of every cell. 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.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.
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