Ernest Rossi: The Psychobiology of Mind-body Healing "The basic idea of the psycho-biology of mind-body healing is that information is the central concept and connecting link between all the sciences, humanities and clinical arts. Psychology, biology and physics now have information as their new common denominator. To really understand how this is possible we need to have a clear appreciation of the fact that all forms of organization on the psychological, physical and biological levels actually are expressions of information and its transformations (Stonier, 1990). The atoms in a stone, the genes in every living cell, and the evolving patterns of our personal relationships, families, and governments are all forms of organization in transition and change. The changes we see around us and experiences we sense within can all be understood as the transformations in the organizations of information. The transformations between mind and body are called information transduction.
Transduction refers to the conversion or transformation of matter, energy, and information from one form to another. A windmill transduces wind energy into the mechanical energy of the turning blades. If the mechanical energy of the turning blades is attached to a generator, it is transduced into electrical energy, which can in turn be transduced into light energy by an electric bulb. In the typical clinical application of biofeedback techniques, the biological "energy" of the body's muscle tension can be transduced into the visible "information" of a measuring device that enables the subject to alter his muscle tone. These examples, together with the basic concepts of information, communication and cybernetic theories, have led to a view of all biological life as a system of information transduction."
Ernest Rossi, The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing: New Concepts of Therapeutic Hypnosis, Norton & Company Inc., New York, London, 1993.
