The sense of touch is imperative in cognition, development, and for how we perceive the world and interact with others. The skin envelopes our body and is our largest organ providing us with information about our immediate environment. In addition to this “surface” information, our somatosensory system also processes information regarding body position and internal bodily states. The importance...

I N B R I E F We are used to thinking of intelligence as largely a matter of genetic inheritance, but that is not the whole picture. What we do aff ects our mental wellbeing: staying physically and mentally active helps us stay sharp as we age. Nevertheless, our personal eff orts to bolster cognitive enhancement cannot forestall all declines in our cognitive performance. What is especially surp...

This article addresses the links and interactions between the neuroscience parallel line of theories and the parallel line of mental activity and thinking. An argument is made that the most fundamental biological entity, the human genome, provides a pathway of mind-body functional coordination via a double helix metaphor. Brief selections of neuroscience and psychological theories associated wi...