具身心灵:理解细胞记忆、意识和我们身体的奥秘 The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies

基本信息

Format:Paperback / softback 272 pages, 16 pages of color photographs, charts throughout

Publisher:Pegasus Books

Imprint:Pegasus Books

ISBN:9781639364626

Published:17 Aug 2023

Classifications:Psychology

Readership:General (US: Trade)

Weight:272g

Dimensions:210 x 140 (mm)

书籍信息仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

一部开创性的综合著作，有望改变我们对心脑联系及其与我们身体关系的理解。我们把人体的运作理解为一系列相互依存的生理关系：肌肉与骨骼相互作用，心脏对大脑分泌的荷尔蒙作出反应，一直到每个细胞的内部运作。要使一个有机体发挥作用，没有一个部件可以单独工作。

有鉴于此，为什么公认的理解是，心灵的物理现象只归因于大脑？在《具身心灵》中，国际知名的精神病学家托马斯-R-维尼博士着手重新定义我们对心灵和意识的概念。

他出色地汇编了新的研究，指出心灵与身体的每个部分都有联系。《具身心灵》收集了生理学、遗传学和量子物理学方面的不同发现，以说明越来越多的证据表明，体细胞，而不仅仅是神经细胞，可以储存记忆，告知遗传编码，并适应环境变化--所有这些行为都有助于心灵和意识的形成。维尔尼表明，细胞记忆不仅仅是一个抽象概念，而是一个有据可查的科学事实，将改变我们对记忆的理解。

维尔尼描述了没有大脑的单细胞生物表现出的记忆，并指出了一个法国人的非凡案例，尽管他的大脑只有典型尺寸的一小部分，但他过着正常的生活，有家庭和工作。《具身心灵》展示了智慧和意识--传统上只归因于大脑的特性--如何渗透到我们的整个生命中。身体细胞和组织使用与我们的大脑相同的分子记忆机制，使我们的思想比我们所想象的更加流动和适应。

A 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 behaviours 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.

作者简介

托马斯-R-维尼是一位临床精神病学家，他写了8本书，包括在27个国家出版的《未出生孩子的秘密生活》和47篇科学论文。他曾在哈佛大学、多伦多大学、约克大学（多伦多）和圣玛丽大学任教。

Thomas R. Verny is a clinical psychiatrist and the author of eight of books, including The Secret Life of the Unborn Child, which was published in 27 countries and 47 scientific papers. He has previously taught at Harvard University, the University of Toronto, York University (Toronto), and St. Mary’s University.