The brain of humans and other animals is known to contribute to the protection of the body from infections. Past studies have unveiled the existence of the so-called conditioned immune response (CIR), ...

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A study of 25 people finds that Pavlovian conditioning to an allergen can induce a placebo allergic reaction to the environment in which the allergen was encountered--but only if the participants ...