is the study of how the mind affects the nervous system and the immune system. It is also known as the mind-body connection.
study of the ways the brain, nervous system, and emotions interact to affect the immune system. research psychologist, Dr. Robert Ader, conducted experiments showing an animal's brain can influence its immune system. PNI became the cornerstone of efforts to demonstrate mental attitude can affect the outcome of disease. Investigations have shown negative approaches to life can interfere with immune functioning.
A field of study focussing on relationship between psychosocial processes and nervous, endocrine, and immune system functioning.
study of the interrelationship of mind and body and the influence of emotion upon the immune system
A subfield of psychology that examines the links among psychological factors, the brain and nervous system, and the immune system.
the study of how psychological processes, mental state, and neurological and hormonal factors affect the functioning of the immune system.
(Psycho-neuro-immunology) This specialist field of research studies the relationship between the brain and immune system, and how they communicate with each other using various chemical messengers.
the interdisciplinary field that studies the relationship between psychological factors and physical illness. (566)
The study of the relationships that exist between the central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, endocrine system and immune system: the effects and relationship between the mind and the body.
an emerging field that combines the fields of psychology, immunology, endocrinology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and microbiology to discover the powerful influence the mind has over health and healing
Psycho-neuro-endo-immunology (PNEI) is a specialized field of research that studies the interactions between social psychology, behavior, the brain, and the endocrine and immune system of the body. The term was originally coined by Robert Ader and Nicholas Cohen at the University of Rochester in 1975. Modern scientific research is demonstrating many of the direct effects of the "mind-body" interplay in all fields of medicine: pediatrics, psychiatry, internal medicine, gastroenterology, obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics, and cardiology.