A schematic illustration demonstrating how activity in the brain’s reward system, accompanied by positive expectation, influences the immune system and offers a possible biological explanation for the mind–body connection, including the placebo effect (IMAGE)

Tel-Aviv University

A schematic illustration demonstrating how activity in the brain’s reward system, accompanied by positive expectation, influences the immune system and offers a possible biological explanation for the mind–body connection, including the placebo effect

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A schematic illustration demonstrating how activity in the brain’s reward system, accompanied by positive expectation, influences the immune system and offers a possible biological explanation for the mind–body connection, including the placebo effect.

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Tel Aviv University

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