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 ...

The study suggests that activating the brain’s reward system before vaccination can enhance antibody production.

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 ...

As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's ...