Somatic and visceral are terms often applied to anatomical processes. In the strictest sense, somatic processes are those that pertain to body general body structure. The large interior organs located in the major body cavities (e.g., heart, liver,...

Relating to the body: in cellular terms, referring to a CELL BODY (the SOMA). One speaks of the somatic portion of a NEURON, meaning its cell body. In gross anatomical terms, somatic refers to the whole body of an animal. For example, somatic...

The term somatic refers to the body, as distinct from some other entity, such as the mind. The word comes from the Greek word Σωματικóς (Somatikòs), meaning "of the body". It has different meanings in various disciplines. In neurobiology,...

Why do some dancers fully inhabit their bodies, creating a seamless whole between the dancer and the dance? Can we attribute this to a kind of somatic intelligence? Dancers have heard the term somatics tossed around for three decades, but few know the...

Somatic means "of the body" (Greek soma) and attunement means to adjust or accustom something to become receptive or responsive to something else. In the situation of vicarious traumatization, it is important to be clear that we are referring to the therapist's attunement...

Pope Benedict XVI appealed Thursday to South Koreans' "inherent moral sensibility" to reject embryonic stem cell research and human cloning after the country decided to let embryonic stem cell research resume.Benedict also praised South Korea's efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear ambitions in comments to...

Gene therapies and other advanced treatments for diseases such as cancer and Parkinson's will have to be authorized by European Union regulators under rules approved by EU governments Tuesday.The new guidelines classify gene therapy, somatic cell therapy and tissue engineering as medical procedures, make all...