The Neurobiology of Connection

The Neurobiology of Connection

Not good model. Not good.

What makes a metaphor or analogy for the nervous system helpful or unhelpful

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Natureza Gabriel
Aug 01, 2025
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So, this come across my linkedin feed….

Why is this such a bad model?

  1. Because it is unwitting complicity with a brain-centric model of the bodymind that doesn’t know it is complicity with a brain-centric model of the bodymind.

  2. Because it is a reference to something whose primary meaning is not on the page (Dan Siegel’s hand model from two decades ago) whos…

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