Schematic example of how the “mind” (cerebral cortex) is connected to the “body” (adrenal gland) - modified from Fig. 1 ( Dum et al., 2016 ): “Modern medicine has generally viewed the concept of ‘ psychosomatic ’ disease with suspicion. This view arose partly because no neural networks were known for the mind, conceptually associated with the cerebral cortex, to influence autonomic and endocrine systems that control internal organs.” Psychosomatic illnesses are typically seen in pejorative te