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I really found Sam's previous point interesting that there is no central authority in the brain. Yes, we have components of the brain like the cerebellum & hypothalamus that try to bring some of the divisions of the brain & its capablities in unison, however, the body & the mind are disconnected, while still being connected, as Sam pointed out. The fact that when we get stressed out our bodies are stressed was a new avenue to explore. We are never always fully conscious of everything that our body is doing.

For example, taking the topi of stress a little further, when a woman is stressed out, this could delay her period. Now, is her brain stressed & saying to the body: Nope, not your time yet for an egg to drop." And, if this is occuring, girls certainly don't walk around thinking it all the time; in fact, they may not even realize that they're stressed until their time of the month is late, further proving that their dail thoughts were not emboding the fact that they were stressed and therefore could miss a period.

I guess the ultimate question is: who wins in a tug of war: the mind or the body? Can the body will the mind to do something, just as the mind can have a direct effect on bodly functions, or is it only one sided and the mind holds both sides of the rope already?