Keely Muscatell: The Social Life Of Your Immune System

Dr. Keely Muscatell describes research on how the immune system responds to social experiences and shapes our perceptions of the social world. The immune system is listening to what’s happening in our social worlds. Based on what it hears, it adjusts its activity. The immune system can signal us to socially withdraw from strangers, and draw toward those we are close to, who can provide us with comfort and care.