The Biological Basis for Mind Body InteractionsE.A. Mayer, C.B. Saper The current volume focuses on several key aspects of mind/brain/body interactions in health and disease, including specific examples of interactions between body and brain, mechanisms underlying the response of the system to stressors, the role of early life events in permanently biasing the responsiveness of the system and practical implications of mind body interactions in human disease.
The unique aspect of the volume is the integration of state of the art research information on biological and practical aspects of mind/brain/body interactions. It is based on the beliefs of the editors and participants that the traditional separation of mind and body in research and in treatment of human disease is obsolete and needs to be replaced with a new unifying paradigm. Ironically, this evolving paradigm shares many similarities with ancient pre-Cartesian paradigms of health and disease. |
Contents
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Early life experiences and the developing brain | 79 |
Influences of the internal environment on the brain | 157 |
Influences of the body on the brain | 207 |
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The Biological Basis for Mind Body Interactions E. A. Mayer,Clifford B. Saper No preview available - 2000 |