The Intelligent Body and its Discontents
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7844283 |
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| Authors | Michael E Hyland (0000-0003-3879-0469, University of Plymouth) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-32 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359105302007001649 |
| PMID | 22114224 |
| OpenAlex | W1995440934 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 26 |
The traditional view is that mind is intelligent and the body is stupid. Recent research suggests that the whole body, and not just the brain, acts as a complex parallel processing system. If the whole body is intelligent, then intelligent processes normally attributed to psychology may occur in the non-brain body. This article shows how self-organizing learning error in a brain-body system creates the potential for a new type of pathology, network pathology, that is distributed across over the whole body. The intelligent body concept is illustrated with four examples: chemical sensitivity, asthma, chronic fatigue syndrome and obesity. Network pathology develops when normally adaptive self-organizational processes malfunction so that control system parameters are altered in a way that creates suboptimal self-regulation. Subtle therapies are needed, in addition to the conventional robust therapies to correct network pathology
Adaptive behavior · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Developmental psychology · Human body · Interoception · Computer Science · Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control · Mental Health Research Topics · Neuroscience · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
| Highly cited | No |
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