Three mechanisms of mind–body influence: Feelings, concepts, and procedures.

Abstract

We review illustrative work, mostly experimental, that provides causal evidence. While bidirectional causality is generally observed between mental and bodily processes (S. W. S. Lee & Schwarz, 2012), we devote more space to effects of bodily processes on mental ones because they pertain to the more stirring claim that the body influences the mind. The primary goal of this chapter, however, is not to provide a comprehensive review of findings but to offer a theoretical treatment and