Visceral Perception
Understanding Internal Cognition
Published on 1. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIX, 232 pages
978-1-4419-3290-7 (ISBN)
Description
Author Gyorgy Adam maintains there is a type of sensory system active within the internal organs that appears to be, in some measure, independent of the traditional senses. Variously termed viscerosensory perception, internal perception, or internal cognition, this system operates largely outside of consciousness. Adam employs the extensive data he has gathered over many years to demonstrate how "hidden" internal signals originating in the alimentary tract, the cardiovascular system, and the kidneys may influence emotional states.
Visceral Perception
is the only comprehensive treatment of this elusive subject.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1998
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIX, 232 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4419-3290-7 (9781441932907)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-2903-0
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Book
06/1998
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
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Content
I: Theoretical Considerations.- 1: The Subject of This Monograph.- 2: Definitions and Terminology.- 3: Historical Roots and Evolution.- II: Basic Physiological Mechanisms.- 4: Conceptual Preliminaries.- 5: Functional Properties of Receptor Structures.- 6: Visceral Afferent Pathways and Central Projections.- III: Visceral Sensation and Perception.- 7: Psychophysics of Visceral Perception in Humans.- 8: Visceral Perception Through Learning.- 9: Hemispheric Lateralization of Signal Processing.- IV: Visceroception: Constituent of Special Senses.- 10: Visceroception: A Borderline Sensory System.- 11: Visceroception and Cognition.- 12: Visceral Perception and Symptom Report: An Epilogue.- V: Appendixes Appendix I: Interoception and Consciousness.- Appendix II: Interoception: Awareness of Sensations Arising in the Gastrointestinal Tract.- Appendix III: Learning to Perceive Previously Unconscious Stimuli.- References.