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9 results for "psychoneuroimmunology"

K_5_20 Verified Consciousness

K_5_20 — Psychoneuroimmunology: Mind-Body-Immune Connections

Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) — the study of interactions between psychological processes, the nervous system, and immune function — has established that the mind directly influences immune defense and that immune activity

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Mind_Body_Healing_Frontier

The scientific investigation of mind-body interactions has progressed from fringe speculation to a major research domain supported by institutional infrastructure (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

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X_2_01 Verified Medicine & Healing

X_2_01 — Psychosomatic Medicine and Placebo Science

The placebo effect — measurable physiological change resulting from the belief or expectation of treatment rather than the treatment's pharmacological action — is among the most replicated and least understood phenomena

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INTERDOC_73 — Cancer as Informational Coherence Collapse

[KEY FINDING] By isolating the progression of cancer across four distinct levels of biological organization, we find that tumorigenesis is universally preceded by a loss of systemic coherence.

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K_4_02 Verified Consciousness

K_4_02 — Stigmata, Faith Healing, and Psychosomatic Phenomena

The human body can do things under the influence of belief that should not be physically possible according to conventional medical models. The placebo effect — a "sugar pill" producing measurable physiological changes —

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K_5_03 Credible Consciousness

K_5_03 — Psychosomatic Medicine and Mind–Body Interaction

Psychosomatic medicine investigates the bidirectional relationship between psychological processes and physical health — how mental states, emotions, beliefs, and social contexts influence bodily disease, and how physica

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INTERDOC_23 — Placebo, Nocebo, and the Biology of Belief

[KEY FINDING] The placebo effect is not "fake medicine" — it involves genuine, measurable physiological changes mediated by endogenous neurotransmitter systems. Fabrizio Benedetti (University of Turin) has demonstrated:

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T_2_06 Verified Psychology & Social

T_2_06 — Health Psychology and Stress

Health psychology investigates how psychological, behavioral, and social factors influence health, illness, and healthcare — integrating biological and psychosocial perspectives within the biopsychosocial model (Engel, 1

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T_2_13 Verified Psychology & Social

T_2_13 — Placebo and Nocebo Effects

The placebo effect — a measurable physiological or psychological improvement in response to an inert treatment — is one of the most robust and well-documented phenomena in medicine and psychology, while the nocebo effect

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