The science behind how sickness shapes your mood | Keely Muscatell

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Your immune system is more socially aware than you think, says social neuroscientist and psychology professor Keely Muscatell. Investigating the interconnectedness of your mood and your inflammatory system, she offers an evolutionary reason as to why being sick may make you feel depressed — and vice versa.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.2	It turns out there's something physiological happening when we get sick and then want to withdraw
0:18.0	from all socializing at the same time.
0:21.0	Social Neuroscientist Keeley Muscatel's 2022 talk from Ted X Reno sheds light on the crucial link between our bodies and our social behavior.
0:30.0	After the break.
0:32.0	There's another podcast you should be listening to. the lighter as she introduces you to leading health experts and breaks down the health
0:43.8	questions you didn't know you had. Learn more about the way your body works and the
0:47.8	newest insights changing the medical world. Like what a smart bra means for better heart health, three ways to prepare for the next
0:55.1	pandemic, and how we can all live healthier lives.
0:59.3	Find Ted Health wherever you listen to podcasts. All right, I'd like you to listen to podcasts.
1:05.0	All right, I'd like you to take a moment, think about a time when you were recently sick.
1:09.0	Try specifically to think of a time when,
1:11.0	even though you weren't feeling all that great, you still felt well enough to get
1:15.6	up out of bed, go about your day. Okay, what was your mood like?
1:23.0	Did you feel a little sad or depressed?
1:27.0	What types of social interactions did you want to have?
1:31.0	Would you have wanted to go to a cocktail party
1:34.2	full of strangers or out on a first date?
1:38.8	I'm a psychology professor at the University of North Carolina
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