Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good ...

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

The team’s research provides compelling evidence for the brain’s influence on physiology. A deeper understanding of this mind ...

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

Can positive anticipation that activates the brain's reward system strengthen the body's immune defenses? A new study by Tel ...

In a first-of-its-kind human trial, researchers have demonstrated that consciously activating the brain’s reward system (when ...

Some people bounce back from trauma, but others get caught in depressive loops that sap the joy from their lives. Researchers at UCSF find a brain signature of resilience in mice that suggests a new ...

Methamphetamine doesn't just spike levels of the pleasure-inducing hormone dopamine in the reward pathways of the brain—it ...

Stressful study sessions help us pass exams, but curiosity promotes long-term understanding and information retention. In A ...

A new doctoral dissertation shows that gambling disorder is linked to brain networks involved in self-control and brain reward functions. By combining several brain imaging methods, the research ...