--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: <snip> > How would Eagleman characterize this? What relation- > ship to "perception shaped by beliefs" would such a > situation have? Does he deal with "body memory," as > we know it from studying martial arts or any art that > involves performing the same moves over and over for > years or decades, so much so that they become more > a function of the autonomic nervous system than the > somatic nervous system?
"Moves" per se are always a function of the somatic nervous system, never the autonomic nervous system, just for the record, even though they may seem automatic and even involuntary. The autonomic system may help by increasing heart rate, etc., but it's never in control of moving the muscles one would use for martial arts or playing a musical instrument.
