?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=THE+PSYCHOMOTOR+THEORY+OF+HUMAN+MIND&rft.creator=TAN%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Uner&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=This+study+presents+a+new+theory+to+explain+the+neural+origins+of+human+mind.+This+is+the+psychomotor+theory.+The+author+briefly+analyzed+the+historical+development+of+the+mind-brain+theories.+The+close+relations+between+psychological+and+motor+systems+were+subjected+to+a+rather+detailed+analysis%2C+using+psychiatric+and+neurological+examples.+The+feedback+circuits+between+mind%2C+brain%2C+and%0Abody+were+shown+to+occur+within+the+mind-brain-body+triad%2C+in+normal+states%2C+and+psycho-neural+diseases.+It+was+stated+that+psychiatric+signs+and+symptoms+are+coupled+with+motor+disturbances%3B+neurological+diseases+are+coupled+with%0Apsychological+disturbances%3B+changes+in+cortico-spinal+motor-system+activity+may+influence+mind-brain-body+triad%2C+and+vice+versa.+Accordingly%2C+a+psychomotor+theory+was+created+to+explain+the+psychomotor+coupling+in+health+and+disease%2C+stating+that%2C+not+themind-brain+duality+or+unity%2C+but+themind-brain-body+triad+as+a+functional+unit+may+be+essential+in+health+and+disease%2C+because+mind+does+not+end+in+the+brain%2C+but+further+controls+movements%2C+in+a+reciprocal+manner%3B+mental+and+motor+events+share+the+same+neural+substrate%2C+cortical%2C+and+spinalmotoneurons%3Bmental+events+emerging+from+the+motoneuronal+system+expressed+by+the+human+language+may+be+closely+coupled+with+the+unity+of+the+mind-brain-body+triad.+So%2C+the+psychomotor+theory%0Arejects+the+mind-brain+duality+and+instead+advances+the+unity+of+the+psychomotor+system%2C+which+will+have+important+consequences+in+understanding+and+improving+the+human+mind%2C+brain%2C+and+body+in+health+and+disease.&rft.publisher=Taylor+and+Francis&rft.contributor=Weistein%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Sidney&rft.contributor=Hyden%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Holger+V.&rft.contributor=Renzi%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Ennio+de&rft.contributor=Tan%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Uner&rft.date=2007-08&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5607%2F1%2FPSYCHOMOT._THEORY_TAN.pdf&rft.identifier=++TAN%2C+Prof.+Dr.+Uner++(2007)+THE+PSYCHOMOTOR+THEORY+OF+HUMAN+MIND.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5607%2F