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From:  (David Stodolsky)
Subject: CRYONICS: Evolution of thinking
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 94 12:20:53 +0100 (CET)

This relates to recent discussion on brain vs. whole body suspension.
While it does not say anything about the storage of memory, it does
suggest that using memories in the brain requires a body.

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psycoloquy.94.5.72.evolution-thinking.9.sheets-johnstone Sun 25 Dec 1994
ISSN 1055-0143                 (10 paragraphs, 9 references, 221 lines)
PSYCOLOQUY is sponsored by the American Psychological Association (APA)
                Copyright 1994 Maxine Sheets-Johnstone

                METHODOLOGY AND TACTILE-KINESTHETIC EXPERIENCE
                Reply to Grossenbacher on Evolution-Thinking

                Maxine Sheets-Johnstone
                Department of Philosophy
                University of Oregon
                Eugene, OR 97403
                

    ABSTRACT: This article focuses on methodology. With respect to the
    body in particular, bridging the interdisciplinary gap requires an
    examination and expansion of viable methodological options. Neglect
    of movement is a byproduct of a methodological problem: how to take
    tactile-kinesthetic experience into account.


7. From this perspective, Jacobson's work cannot be easily ignored.
Earlier scientific observations, just because they are not current, are
not thereby at fault and wanting in significant data. Models come and
go; the real thing remains. Jacobson's findings concerning the tight
fit between brain and muscles are a case in point. Drawing on his own
experimental research and citing the previous work of Sherrington and
Setschenow in support, Jacobson points out that experimental evidence
"point[s] contrary to the tradition that all mental activity occurs in
the brain alone" (Jacobson, 1970, p. 31). He states that "Our evidence
indicates that the brain, although essential, does not and cannot by
itself think" (Ibid., p. 34). In short, brains and bodies --
neuromuscular activity -- go hand in hand. Thus, for example, where
traditionalists insist that perception comes first, then movement,
Jacobson speaks of a "simultaneous exchange" between brain and muscles
(Ibid., p. 33).


Jacobson, E. (1970) Modern Treatment of Tense Patients. Springfield:
Charles C. Thomas Pub.


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