TY - JOUR

T1 - The blue-collar brain

AU - Van Orden, Guy

AU - Hollis, Geoff

AU - Wallot, Sebastian

PY - 2012/9/24

Y1 - 2012/9/24

N2 - Much effort has gone into elucidating control of the body by the brain, less so the role of the body in controlling the brain. This essay develops the idea that the brain does a great deal of work in the service of behavior that is controlled by the body, a blue-collar role compared to the white-collar control exercised by the body. The argument that supports a blue-collar role for the brain is also consistent with recent discoveries clarifying the white-collar role of synergies across the body's tensegrity structure, and the evidence of critical phenomena in brain and behavior.

AB - Much effort has gone into elucidating control of the body by the brain, less so the role of the body in controlling the brain. This essay develops the idea that the brain does a great deal of work in the service of behavior that is controlled by the body, a blue-collar role compared to the white-collar control exercised by the body. The argument that supports a blue-collar role for the brain is also consistent with recent discoveries clarifying the white-collar role of synergies across the body's tensegrity structure, and the evidence of critical phenomena in brain and behavior.

KW - Psychology

KW - 1/f scaling

KW - Control

KW - Synergetics

KW - Mind and body

KW - Self-organization

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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/cc211620-ddb2-30f2-9edd-a54308fc426c/

U2 - 10.3389/fphys.2012.00207

DO - 10.3389/fphys.2012.00207

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:84866382468

VL - 3

JO - Frontiers in Physiology

JF - Frontiers in Physiology

SN - 1664-042X

IS - JUN

M1 - 207

ER -