WHAT IS WITHIN AND WHAT IS BEYOND THE REFLEX ARC - TRAFFICKING MESSAGE MACHINERY FROM NEURON TO HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS AND CONSCIOUSNESS - (AN OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES)

A key question in neuroreflexology is how stimuli and responses are li nked. In respondent (reflex) processes, located on a synapse, the cont rolling stimulus precedes the response and elictis it. Operant process es are controlled by consequent stimuli that follow the response. Ther efore, operant conditioning may be designated as being beyond the refl ex arc. The mind-body problem is discussed from aspects of a network t heory, fractal dimension and quantum physics.