# The mind-body problem of scientific discovery

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@IBM
- Speaker: Natalie Gunn
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_gunn_the_mind_body_problem_of_scientific_discovery)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Natalie Gunn makes a case for thinking of our minds and bodies as a continuum rather than a duality. She's especially intrigued by how this continuum may relate to cancer and whether our mindset impacts the disease. Natalie argues that we have to take the question seriously: "We need to investigate how a disease of the body could be impacted by our mind." She explores where the body ends and the mind begins, and investigates where the two connect.

## Lectures

1. [The mind-body problem of scientific discovery](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/natalie_gunn_the_mind_body_problem_of_scientific_discovery/e12aabd04a9f), 9 min (TED's player)