We Learn Viscerally And Mentally
If you were to ask everyone whom you chanced to encounter if the following two statements were true, you would mostly get answers in the affirmative. And yet, despite conventional wisdom , they are only partial truths: 1. The MIND is the seat of intelligence and learning, and, 2. The MIND controls the BODY. -- Just ask any ordinary person. He or she will likely confirm it (and perhaps even grin gratuitously). One would think that our bodies were robotic; that they are merely slaves to our minds . When meeting a challenge (i.e., running a race, lifting weights, making a presentation in front of a group, somebody's well-intended uncle invariably chimes in with, " You can do it , kid! It's just mind over matter !" If that were completely true (and I'll confess that I believe it to be partially true), then how is it possible that: Physical pain profoundly affects how we think and feel? We can walk down a familiar flight of st...