Bacteria and the brain

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Chapter 7 in The Atlas of Social Complexity, 2024, pp 74-79 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The arguments in favour of autopoiesis and cellular cognition are heavily theoretical and in need of evidence. This chapter provides the empirical support. We review the literature on bacteria and our brains, specifically brain-gut-microbiota communication and bacterial intelligence within the human body. Research on bacterial cognition and social behaviours demonstrates cellular cognition to be empirically viable. The outcome is remarkable. Not only does this research provide direct evidence for cellular cognition, but it also leads to new ways of thinking about what constitutes a brain, as well as how lower levels of cognition self-organize, from an evolutionary perspective, to form larger and more complex cognitive systems. The mind is in every cell of the body.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Geography; Innovations and Technology; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Teaching Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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