Thinking positive increased a specific brain region's activity and might have heightened immune response after a shot.

Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines —and people can be trained to ...

Researchers found an association between increased activity in a reward region of the brain—primarily stimulated by hopeful thinking—and heightened levels of protective antibodies after receiving a va ...

One of the most effective ways to increase optimism, according to a meta-analysis of existing studies, is called the "Best Possible Self" method. Interventions using this approach will ask you to ...

Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and negative impressions of a social encounter, as well as how an imbalance ...

This mindset shift is going viral for a reason. “The more we focus on positive experiences, the more our nervous system learns to orient toward safety, possibility, and hope,” she tells Bustle. “At ...