I distinguish two types of disjunctive a) the television type, a series of nonsequiturs based on commerce, and b) an attempt to see a subject from various angles. The difference is in focus; b) is integrative; a) is not.
The mythic synaptic spurt, like the number of links has become synonomous in the mind of many with potency.
Pert speculates that mind "is the flow of information as it moves among the cells, organs, and systems of the body."
In 1984, Francis Schmitt described a holistic information network in which messenger molecules and receptors link brain, body and behavior.
Receptors are proteins—clustered like colored beads in cellular membranes—vibrating as they wait to be mounted by the right chemicals.