Title:
The embodied mind : understanding the mysteries of cellular memory, consciousness, and our bodies
Author:
Edition:
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publication Date:
2021
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2021.
Physical Description:
xiv, 258 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781643137995
Abstract:
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.
Contents:
Do genes matter? -- The brain : how it remembers what it remembers -- The immune system : this doctor makes house calls -- Mysteries of the human cell -- The intelligence of single-celled organisms -- Regeneration, hibernation, and metamorphosis -- The wisdom of the body -- Heart transplants : personality transplants? -- The brain-mind conundrum and the rise of quantum biology -- Significance.
Language:
English
