“Ader’s result … showed that learned associations don’t only affect responses – such as nausea, heart rate… His rats proved that these associations influence immune responses too, to the point at which a taste or smell can make the difference between life and death. The body’s fight against disease, his experiment suggested, is guided by the brain.”
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