1) The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) is a complex set of direct influence and feedback interactions among three endocrine glands: the hypothalamus, the pituitary gland, and the adrenals. The interactions constitute a major part of the neuroendocrine system that controls reactions to stress and regulates many body processes, including digestion, immune system, mood/emotions, sexuality, energy storage and expenditure. It is the common mechanism for interactions among glands, hormones, and parts of the midbrain that mediate what is known as the general adaptation syndrome. The physiological role of the HPA axis and corticosteroids in stress response is fundamental and analogous systems can be found in invertebrates and monocellular organisms. A key element of the HPA axis is the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus, which contains neuroendocrine neurons that synthesize and secrete vasopressin and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH). These two peptides regulate the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, CRH and vasopressin stimulate the secretion of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) which in turn acts on the adrenal cortex producing glucocorticoid hormones (mainly cortisol) in response. Glucocorticoids in turn act back on the hypothalamus and pituitary to suppress CRH and ACTH production in a negative modulating feedback cycle. See Duval, et. al., Neural circuits in anxiety and stress disorders: a focused review, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor.

2) "The epigenetics revolution hit in the early 2000s, when scientists began reporting that environmental factors — everything from neglectful mothering and child abuse to a high-fat diet and air pollution — can influence the addition or removal of chemical tags on DNA that turn genes on and off." Hughes, The Sins of the Fathers, Mar 2014, Nature, V. 507, 22-24. For a synopsis of Rachel Yahuda's work on transgenerational environmental effects see: Transgenerational Transmission of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, The S File, http://pregnancy.thesfile.com/fetal-origins/transgenerational- transmission-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/. It is now known that certain genes are involved but the complete mechanisms of transmission cannot yet explain the entirety of observed results. We would propose that the work of Rupert Sheldrake with Morphic Fields is a necessary component in such things as the process of trait, disposition and memory inheritance. Clearly energetic/informational  field forces are involved.

3) See also: Cryan, Dinan, Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour, Nature Reviews Neuroscience 13, 701-712 , Oct. 2012; Reardon, Gut–brain link grabs neuroscientists: Idea that intestinal bacteria affect mental health gains ground. Nature, 12 Nov. 2014; McMillin, et al., The Abdominal Brain and Enteric Nervous System, J of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, 1999, v.5, #6, 575-586. Mayer, et al. Gut feelings: the emerging biology of gut–brain communication, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2011. Wakefield, The gut–brain axis in childhood developmental  disorders,  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology & nutrition, 2002.

4) Regardless of whatever mechanisms emerge quantum field theory provides a better understanding of the best data available on the logic and flow of human cognitive processes than any Newtonian approach. "With astonishing counterintuitive ramifications, quantum theory is the best empirically confirmed scientific theory in human history. It is 'essential to every natural science' and its practical applications, such as the laser and the transistor, form the direct basis of at least one-third of our current economy." (Rosenblum & Kuttner, 2006, p. 81).  "However, applying quantum theory to human cognition is not merely a simple extension of a most successful scientific theory. Rather, this endeavor is driven by a myriad of puzzling findings and stubborn challenges in psychological literature, by deep resonations between basic notions of quantum theory and psychological conceptions and intuitions, and by the exhibited potential of the theory to provide coherent and mathematically principled explanations for the puzzles and challenges in human cognitive research" (Busemeyer & Bruza, 2012). The quantum concept of entanglement, for example, assists to explain the coherence, resonance and synchronicity exhibited by cortical and other biophysical structures. See: Wang, et. al. The Potential of Using Quantum Theory to Build Models of Cognition, 2013, Topics in Cognitive Sciences 5, pp. 672–688; School of Communication, Center for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Ohio State University; Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University; Department of Theory and Data Analysis, Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology; Department of Psychology, City University, London.

5) Physicist, David Bohm, based upon his plasma experiments at the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory found that gaseous electrons acted as if they were inherently intelligent and that the Non-Locality they exhibited meant that everything in the universe is connected together and that space and time is composed of the same essence as matter. Bell's Theory of quantum physics states to the effect that once connected [energetically entangled], objects affect one another forever no matter where they are, such that an invisible stream of energy will always connect any two objects that have been connected in any way in the past. Also, according to the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research Program, the principles of complimentarity (e.g. action in one system can affect the actions in another system at a quantum energetic level, free of the limits of time and space) and wave resonance (e.g. matter and energy exchanging affects as vibrating waves and particles) tie matter and energy together as essentially two poles of the same entity. Bell's Theorem has been further proven by a Dutch research team who have demonstrated entanglement across 1.3 km and are planning another proof over a section of the universe. One of their conclusions is that in the quantum world time operates both forward and backwards, B Hensen, et al., Loophole-Free Bell Inequality violation using electron spins separated by 1.3 kilometers, Nature, Aug 2015; Dunne, Jahn, CONSCIOUSNESS AND ANOMALOUS PHYSICAL PHENOMENA, 1991, 1995. http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/pdfs/1995-complementarity-of-consciousness.pdf. For further discussion of related topics see also http://www.starstuffs.com/ physcon/science/,html. See also Why is information indestructible? http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/29175/why-is-information-indestructible.