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Aug 2021
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Le toucher est-il important pour contrôl...

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Vous ne vous en rendez peut-être pas compte, mais les informations apportées par le corps sont un élément essentiel du fonctionnement cérébral. En effet, loin de l’idée voulant que le cerveau soit le pilote d’une simple machinerie que serait le corps, un grand nombre de recherche permettent de mettre en évidence que le cerveau et le corps sont en profonde interaction et que l’activité de l’un influence l’activité de l’autre et inversement.

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