(November 3, 2016 at 7:38 am)Sal Wrote: The mind is part of the body, the control center if you will. Of course it has an effect on the whole body. We can, just by thought, affect a bunch of systems both directly (like breathing) and indirectly (like heart rate) by just the power of thought.
This is where the not-well-understood placebo effect comes in. If you believe something works and you have a positive attitude to something otherwise non-factory effect (sugar pills, acupuncture and other woo), it's been shown to positively affect stuff like immune response, just because you believe it to work and get a well-being in thinking so. Does that mean our brains has some special control on our bodies or that acupuncture works? Hell no. Just means that our brains has a very potent effect on our bodies, by simply the power of thought and feeling.
Good until the last words. It's not "by simply the power of thought and feeling." It would be by the release of hormones, improved regulation of oxygen and blood flow, etc.
