Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

Henry Ford famously noted, “Whether you think you can do it or not, you are usually right.” His point was that beliefs, especially about our talents, performance, and even luck, can be self-fulfilling ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good vibes could have a physical effect on the immune system. Positive, hopeful ...

Astronaut Christina Koch, in blue NASA jacket, answers children’s question at the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center on Monday. She stands between U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and Concord Mayor Byron ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The author was stabbed 18 times while onstage in 2022 and his work has frequently sparked conversations about free expression Matthew ...

Instead of focusing on your sore arm after your next vaccine, you might want to think good thoughts. A new study that trained people in the power of positive thinking showed that the practice can ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...

Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase in the body's immune response to a vaccine. The findings from a study ...

After watching my 98-year-old grandmother live life to the fullest, I now see aging as a gift. She has lived through several challenges, yet she has always managed to keep a smile on her face. I ...

Dr. Elie Isenberg-Grzeda is an assistant professor in psychiatry at the University of Toronto. One of his primary research focuses is patient-physician communication near the end of life. When ...