Cortex Function and Sympathetic Activity Scientists in Oregon have been trying to understand the interplay between cognition and emotion (Luu & Posner, 2013). The attempts at understanding contemporary human behavior include the theory that the cortex is involved with autonomic regulatory activities (Luu & Posner, 2013). The limbic system has also been a target of inquiry and its interaction with the cingulate cortex and the hypothalamus also speaks to higher order thinking being merged with autonomic function. Therefore, two schools of thought remain whereas the anterior cruciate cortex (ACC) is believed and evidenced to both regulate emotion as well as contribute to thinking processes (Luu & Posner, 2013). It seems plain now that the affective balance is regulated by the ACC but how to understand the division of efforts, etc? In motor acts, both cognition and behavior must be involved and synched somehow in order to get adaptation. In order to adapt, the mind and body must be integrated in function somehow. The mental and bodily processing systems must be working in tandem or unison somehow. And the where of this transition is curious as well, yes? Where does the body convert mental and emotional energy into physical matter? Is the perception of pain an epicenter? Theta activity? The sympathetic nervous system? In the difference between strategic and autonomic control? Is it possible that by understanding our own integrated psychophysiological processes that humans might also be able to understand even more about how we error, why we error, and how to error less? In such an inquiry, the researchers might be seeking flaws…a very unpopular activity these days …albeit if only for the purpose of solving them. A more sustainable human being is the hopeful emergent property.
Posted on: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:54:12 +0000
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