Verkkochapter 6 discusses the effects of mind over matter, including vasomotor centre, the positive feedback loop, controlling stressful anxiety, stress and high blood pressure. Verkkohow do we, as sentient beings, process the enormity of environmental crises? What happens in the human heart and mind when the earth begins to sing. Verkkogrowing up in new england, i was taught that mind over matter—mental discipline—was the way you solved problems, conquered your. Verkkothe american social psychologist festinger proposed the cognitive dissonance theory (cdt), which is based on gestalt psychology, to. Researchers have theorized that changing the way we think about our bodily responses can improve our physiological and cognitive reactions to stressful events.
