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Brain over body: Hacking the stress system to let your psychology influence your physiology

  • Written by Vaibhav Diwadkar, Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Researchers imagine tapping into your body's reactions to extreme cold to reap psychological benefits.Ratushniak/Shutterstock.com

There are people who show incredible resistance to extremes of temperature. Think of Buddhist monks who can calmly withstand being draped in freezing towels or the so-called “Iceman” Wim Hof, who can remain su...

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