The Nervous System as Relational

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The nervous system is not designed for solitude. This is not a metaphor. It is a structural fact about vertebrate neurobiology: the autonomic nervous system evolved in a relational context, its regulatory mechanisms are calibrated by and through relationship, and many of its most fundamental functions cannot be adequately performed alone. The nervous system is, from its deepest architecture, a relational organ.

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