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Andrzej Brodziak (born 14 December 1941) is a scientist, academic, clinician, writer, author of interdisciplinary papers and books popularizing science. He as professor of medicine promote some own psychosomatic and philosophical concepts.

Contents

1          Life

2          Neuronal Circuits of  Imagery

4          See also

5          References

6          External links

Life
Born in Raszkow near Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland, married with Rose, having one child, the daughter Tamara. After completing his medical studies, he began working as a physician at a hospital wards of Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland, what he continued for decades. He was completing an interdisciplinary education. After the doctoral studies in the field of applications of mathematics and computers in medicine, he defended his doctoral thesis in 1970, entitled "Algorithmization of natural medical diagnosis". As these efforts made him realize that it was impossible to fully recreate medical inference by computer software, he carried out reviews of the contemporary state of 'neural sciences' to understand how the human brain searches for solutions. This was facilitated by a one-year research internship at Clinique de Maladies Mentales et d'Encephale de l'Hopital Sainte Anne, Paris (1975-76) {2}, {3}. The conclusions from the theory developed at that time are published by him to these days  {4-10 }.

His cognitive considerations inspired him also to early, pioneering publications on medical informatics {11}, tele-medicine {12 }and  geophysical interactions on the human body {13 }. He is recognized as authors of many papers on psychosomatic medicine {14} {15}, psychiatry {16 }, endogenous retro-viruses causing diseases {17} {18 }, holistic nursing {19} {20}and published philosophical theses {21},{22}{23}  {24}.

He wrote about 250 peer-reviewed papers, quoted around 410 times, with h-index = 11. {24}, {25}

For decades he worked as a clinician and academic teacher, head of the Department and Hospital Ward of Internal Diseases of the Faculty of Medical University of Silesia. From 2002, he also realizes the teaching of nursing as the head of the Institute of Nursing (27}.  He is the author of several books popularizing science (see bibliography) {28} and published philosophical theses {21-24}

Neuronal Circuits of  Imagery.
Andrzej Brodziak since years develop and promote 'Theoretical Model of Neuronal Circuits Realizing Perceptions, Memorization of Images and Their Recall from Memory in the Form of Imagery' { 4-10 }.

He proposed the structure and rules of action of the neural circuit unit based on recurrent pathways {4} { 5}, {7}. The scheme of these circuits enables understanding how the visual perceptions and the imagery of visually perceived objects are realized on the basis of the same neural substrates {7} {9 }. In the process of imagination, that is, during the activation of the mental images, due to the existence of feedback connections, a recursive circulation of impulses takes place between the lower levels of afferent pathways, sometimes in the subcortical layers, and object neurons. These oscillations are the physical substrate of imagery. This model takes into account the postulate of Rodolfo Llinas that the self-excitation of a neuronal network composed of thalamo-cortical pathways is one of the basic mechanisms of consciousness and that the existence of neural circuits which trigger themselves is a very basic rule of nervous systems. The structures essential for the realization of imagery are illustrated by figures presented in some papers {5,7,9}. This figures are recognized and reproduced by some researchers {28}

This model of neural circuits prompted the author recently to propose a theory explaining the feeling of self-awareness, taking into account the role of the brain's electromagnetic field {10}. As part of his integrating theory, the author also considers the usefulness of explaining the perception of qualia by Stuart Hameroff’s  and Roger Penrose's 'Orch OR theory'. In this way, he argues that his theory of imagery, developed for many years, is important for understanding the essence of consciousness. The author believes that the extrapolation of his theory makes it possible to consider the existence of the emerging planetary consciousness {29}. This is also important for his considerations in the field of the philosophy of nature presented in his popular books (see bibliography) and some peer-revied papers  { 21 – 24 }.

Selected Bibliography
·      Brodziak A [ Psychonics. Theory of structures and information processes of human central nervous system and its application in computer sciences.]

Published by Medical Section of Polish Academy Sciences, Katowice, 1974

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:3222665&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

·      Brodziak A (editor of the monograph): [Demographic crisis - reasons and methods of counteracting in the light of own international own research – in Polish and English].

Published by Oficyna Wydawnicza  PWSZ w Nysie, Nysa, 2016

https://www.pwsz.nysa.pl/sitecontent/oficyna/kryzys_demograficzny.php

·                 Brodziak A. [Stars and you] in Polish

http://pwsz.nysa.pl/~andrzej.brodziak/ksigwiazdy.html                         http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:926371&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

·                 Brodziak A. [You are immortal - conclusion from the discussion of physicists,

biologists and physicians ensuing from the anthropic principle] in Polish

Publisher: Poligraphic Company, Bytom ( street Pilsuckiego 37 ), first and second edition, 1989, 1990.

http://pwsz.nysa.pl/~andrzej.brodziak/niesmiertelny.htm

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:4839891&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

·                 Brodziak A. [Solar storm is coming]   in Polish

http://pwsz.nysa.pl/~andrzej.brodziak/sztorm.htm

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:1208079&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

·                 Brodziak A. [And your unusual mind also...] in Polish

http://pwsz.nysa.pl/~andrzej.brodziak/ksitwoj.htm

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:1768939&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

·                 Brodziak A. [ Eve's function - popular philosophical theses, helping to determine own

goal in life and its meaning.]

Publisher: Poligraphic Company, Bytom ( street Pilsuckiego 37 ), 1991.

http://katalog.nukat.edu.pl/lib/item?id=chamo:145047&fromLocationLink=false&theme=nukat

See also

Neural network

Electromagnetic theories of consciousness