“Knowledge of how the brain responds to an experience of gratitude provides a window into gratitude’s relationship to both mental health and resilience. This is the brain on gratitude.
GRATITUDE BOOSTS DOPAMINE PRODUCTION AND NEUROMODULATION
When gratitude is experienced, the brain releases a surge of dopamine, the neurotransmitter most commonly recognized for its role in reward, motivation, and pleasure. Dopamine also plays a crucial part in modulating focus, motivation, cognitive flexibility, and emotional resilience.
And the cognitive benefits of gratitude continue past an isolated event. This study highlights how a gratitude writing intervention was associated with significantly greater and lasting neural sensitivity to gratitude. The subjects who participated in gratitude letter writing showed both behavioral increases in gratitude and significantly greater neural modulation by gratitude in the medial prefrontal cortex three months later.”
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https://www.qualialife.com/how-gratitude-helps-your-brain-for-the-good
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