Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the

Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life

Elegantly written and deeply grounded in personal experienceâ€”works by Oliver Sacks come to mindâ€”Physical Intelligence gives us a clear, illuminating examination of the intricate, mutually responsive relationship between the mind and the body as they engage (or donâ€™t engage) in all manner of physical action.

Ever wonder why you donâ€™t walk into walls or off cliffs? How you decide if you can drive through a snowstorm? How high you are willing to climb up a ladder to change a lightbulb? Through the prisms of behavioral neurology and cognitive neuroscience, Scott Grafton brilliantly accounts for the design and workings of the action-oriented brain in synchronicity with the body in the natural world, and he shows how physical intelligence is inherent in all of usâ€”and always in problem-solving mode. Drawing on insights gleaned from discoveries by engineers who have learned to emulate the sophisticated solutions Mother Nature has created for managing complex behavior, Grafton also demonstrates the relevance of physical intelligence with examples that each of us might faceâ€”whether the situation is mundane, exceptional, extreme, or compromised.
Country USA
Brand Pantheon
Manufacturer Pantheon
Binding Hardcover
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2020-01-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781524747329

Physical Intelligence: The Science of How the Body and the Mind Guide Each Other Through Life