WASHINGTON – The connection between the human thoughts and physique has been a topic that has challenged nice thinkers for millennia, together with the philosophers Aristotle and Descartes. The reply, nevertheless, seems to reside within the very construction of the mind.

Researchers mentioned on Wednesday they’ve found that elements of the mind area referred to as the motor cortex that govern physique motion are linked with a community concerned in considering, planning, psychological arousal, ache, and management of inner organs, in addition to capabilities reminiscent of blood strain and coronary heart fee.

They recognized a beforehand unknown system throughout the motor cortex manifested in a number of nodes which can be situated in between areas of the mind already recognized to be answerable for the motion of particular physique elements — fingers, toes and face — and are engaged when many alternative physique actions are carried out collectively.