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This course examines the biological mechanisms through which mental states and social contexts interact with physiological systems relevant to mind–body medicine. Emphasis is placed on understanding plausible biological pathways linking psychological processes with autonomic, immune, neural, and cellular functioning. Students explore stress physiology, distributed regulation across systems, neuroimmune signaling, gut–brain communication, and cellular aging biology.
The course prioritizes systems-level thinking, mechanistic literacy, and careful interpretation of evidence, equipping students to explain mind–body connections with scientific rigor and appropriate humility.
Explain core biological pathways (autonomic, neuroendocrine, immune, neural, and cellular) through which mental states influence physical and mental health.
Interpret current mind-body research from a lens of evaluating mechanistic pathways to proposed outcomes.
Describe emerging pathways (e.g., cellular energetics, gut–brain communication) relevant to mental well-being and mind–body interactions.
Explain the state of the evidence on mind-body interventions on biomarkers of stress and well-being outcomes.
Synthesize biological insights into coherent, systems-based explanations of mind–body medicine in terms of what is scientifically grounded and what is still unknown.
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