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Neuroscientist breaks down 3 bizarre mind-body phenomena — and their medical impact

From voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, David Linden shares the science behind these strange biological phenomena.

Neuroscientist David Linden sheds light on the biology behind phenomena that medicine has long struggled to explain, from voodoo death and broken heart syndrome to the placebo effect, and why grief shows up in autopsy results.

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00:22 Chapter 1: The connection between mind and body
06:45 Chapter 2: Hacking the hunger system with GLP1
12:42 GLP-1 an…

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