The bodily basis of thought

Seitz, Jay A.

doi:10.1016/s0732-118x(99)00035-5

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“…Consistent with the close coupling between the human mind and the human motor system, the parallel evolution of the frontal lobe regions and hands in hominids suggests motor activity as the basis of human intelligence (Seitz, 2000).…”

Section: Psychomotor Theory Of Human Mindmentioning

confidence: 75%

“…Namely, in schizophrenia patients, the spinal motor asymmetry disappeared after chlorpromazine treatment (Tan & Gurgen, 1986). The "cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome" is associated with disturbances in language (e.g., agrammatism), personality (e.g., blunted affect), spatial cognition (e.g., deficits in visuospatial memory), and executive functions (e.g., difficulties in planning); cerebellar lesions are linked to disturbed affect, and problems in cognitive processing, especially in posterior lobe lesions (see Seitz, 2000). The parallel evolution of the frontal lobe regions (speech?)…”

Section: Mind-brain-body Triad In Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The parallel evolution of the frontal lobe regions (speech?) and hands in hominids suggests motor activity as the basis of human intelligence (Seitz, 2000).…”

Section: Mind-brain-body Triad In Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

Tan

2007

International Journal of Neuroscience

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This study presents a new theory to explain the neural origins of human mind. This is the psychomotor theory. The author briefly analyzed the historical development of the mind-brain theories. The close relations between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a rather detailed analysis, using psychiatric and neurological examples. The feedback circuits between mind, brain, and body were shown to occur within the mind-brain-body triad, in normal states, and psycho-neural diseases. It was stated that psychiatric signs and symptoms are coupled with motor disturbances; neurological diseases are coupled with psychological disturbances; changes in cortico-spinal motor-system activity may influence mind-brain-body triad, and vice versa. Accordingly, a psychomotor theory was created to explain the psychomotor coupling in health and disease, stating that, not the mind-brain duality or unity, but the mind-brain-body triad as a functional unit may be essential in health and disease, because mind does not end in the brain, but further controls movements, in a reciprocal manner; mental and motor events share the same neural substrate, cortical, and spinal motoneurons; mental events emerging from the motoneuronal system expressed by the human language may be closely coupled with the unity of the mind-brain-body triad. So, the psychomotor theory rejects the mind-brain duality and instead advances the unity of the psychomotor system, which will have important consequences in understanding and improving the human mind, brain, and body in health and disease.

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Section: Psychomotor Theory Of Human Mindmentioning

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Section: Mind-brain-body Triad In Healthmentioning

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The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

Tan

2007

International Journal of Neuroscience

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Section: The Client (Psychophysical Integration)mentioning

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“…The parallel evolution of the frontal lobe regions (speech?) and hands in hominids suggests motor activity as the basis of human intelligence (see Seitz, 2000).…”

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Psychomotor Theory: Mind-Brain-Body Triad in Health and Disease

Tan¹

2007

Neuroquantology

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In this study I have outlined the grounds of a new theory, to explain the mind-brain-body triad in health and disease. This is the psychomotor theory. First, I have briefly analyzed the historical development of the relationship between mind and brain, which is being discussed since more than a few thousand years. The tight junctions between psychological and motor systems were subjected to a detailed analysis using examples in health and disease. The feedback circuits between mind, brain, and body were shown to occur within the mind-brain-body triad, in normal states, and psycho-neural diseases. It was stated that psychiatric signs and symptoms are coupled with motor disturbances; neurological diseases are coupled with psychological disturbances; changes in cortical and spinal motor-system activity may influence mind-brain-body triad, and vice versa. Accordingly, a psychomotor theory was created to explain the psychomotor coupling in health and disease, stating that, not the mind-brain duality or unity, but the mind-brain-body triad as a functional unit is essential in health and disease, since mind does not end in the brain, but further controls movements, in a reciprocal manner; mental and motor events share the same neural substrate, cortical and spinal motor neurons; mental events emerging from the motoneuronal system is strongly coupled with the unity of the mind-brain-body triad. So, the psychomotor theory rejects the mind-brain duality, instead, advances the unity of the psychomotor system, which will have important consequences in understanding and improving the human mind, brain, and body in health and disease.

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Remembering Infancy: Accessing Our Earliest Experiences

Fogel¹

2004

Theories of Infant Development

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The bodily basis of thought

Cited by 109 publications

References 63 publications

The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

The Psychomotor Theory of Human Mind

Psychomotor Theory: Mind-Brain-Body Triad in Health and Disease

Remembering Infancy: Accessing Our Earliest Experiences

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