Mind over immunity: brain boosts vaccine response through positive expectations
TL;DR
A Nature Medicine study shows that positive expectations can enhance the immune response to vaccines, illustrating a neural mechanism behind the placebo effect and suggesting mind-over-matter strategies could improve vaccination efficacy.
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- A new study highlights the brain’s role in immune health The Economist
- Upregulation of reward mesolimbic activity and immune response to vaccination: a randomized controlled trial Nature
- Brain training may boost immune response to vaccines Scientific American
- Positive thinking boosts vaccine effectiveness, study finds The Independent
- How positivity affects health, the rise of scabies and bovine intelligence – podcast The Guardian
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