Ingela Thuné-Boyle, PhD
International Health Coach 
Online Practice

In this video, I use the simple Lemon Test to demonstrate how the brain can create real physical sensations and physiological responses through thoughts, memories, and mental imagery alone. Even imagining something as ordinary as biting into a juicy lemon can cause your mouth to water, your facial muscles to respond, or your body to react as though the lemon were actually present.

In this video, I explore why very real physical symptoms can sometimes persist even when medical tests show little or no ongoing tissue damage or disease. While many people assume that symptoms are simply direct signals from the body, modern neuroscience suggests that the brain and nervous system play a much more active role. Rather than simply detecting damage, the brain is constantly interpreting information and deciding whether a protective response is needed. I discuss ho