Back to the Brain: Embodied Intelligence & The Body Brain

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of embodied intelligence and the significance of the body's systems in understanding intelligence beyond the brain.

What took this episode so long? Seriously, it was the amount of eye-opening information on how much intelligence there is to be discovered in the systems of your body – so much so that I don't think I'll ever see the "brain" as the 3-pound mass so far explored in this episode. It is and you are so much more. We scratch the surface here with a look at the "body brain" of the brainstem, medulla oblangata, and cerebellum... then wander down to the Vagus Nerve to really light things up. I'v...

People in this episode

Host: Ellen Petry Leanse

Topics covered

• embodied intelligence
• body brain
• nervous system
• brain anatomy
• intelligence

Keywords

• embodied intelligence
• body brain
• brainstem
• medulla oblangata
• cerebellum
• Vagus Nerve
• intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vagus Nerve, brainstem, medulla oblangata, cerebellum

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