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Gratitude may sound like a woo-woo concept, but science shows it might be a key to happiness. Gratitude is not just for the good times. I know it’s hard to feel grateful in 2020, but now is when we need it most. Believe it or not, there's a decent amount of research that shows gratitude is good for you—and your brain! So as we're preparing for Thanksgiving, let's dive into the psychology and neuroscience of gratitude to better understand why it seems to be so gosh-darn good for us.
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Joshua Brown, et al. “How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain.” Greater Good, greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_gratitude_changes_you_and_your_brain.
Algoe, Sara B., and Baldwin M. Way. “Evidence for a Role of the Oxytocin System, Indexed by Genetic Variation inCD38, in the Social Bonding Effects of Expressed Gratitude.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1855–1861., doi:10.1093/scan/nst182.
Emmons, Robert A., and Michael E. Mccullough. “Counting Blessings versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 84, no. 2, 2003, pp. 377–389., doi:10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377.
Fox, Glenn R., et al. “Neural Correlates of Gratitude.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 6, 2015, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01491.
Publishing, Harvard Health. “Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier.” Harvard Health, www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier.
Wong, Y. Joel, et al. “Does Gratitude Writing Improve the Mental Health of Psychotherapy Clients? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.” Psychotherapy Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2016, pp. 192–202., doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1169332.
Zahn, Roland, et al. “Individual Differences in Posterior Cortical Volume Correlate with Proneness to Pride and Gratitude.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 11, 2013, pp. 1676–1683., doi:10.1093/scan/nst158.
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Gratitude may sound like a woo-woo concept, but science shows it might be a key to happiness. Gratitude is not just for the good times. I know it’s hard to feel grateful in 2020, but now is when we need it most. Believe it or not, there's a decent amount of research that shows gratitude is good for you—and your brain! So as we're preparing for Thanksgiving, let's dive into the psychology and neuroscience of gratitude to better understand why it seems to be so gosh-darn good for us.
_Sources_
Joshua Brown, et al. “How Gratitude Changes You and Your Brain.” Greater Good, greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_gratitude_changes_you_and_your_brain.
Algoe, Sara B., and Baldwin M. Way. “Evidence for a Role of the Oxytocin System, Indexed by Genetic Variation inCD38, in the Social Bonding Effects of Expressed Gratitude.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 12, 2014, pp. 1855–1861., doi:10.1093/scan/nst182.
Emmons, Robert A., and Michael E. Mccullough. “Counting Blessings versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, vol. 84, no. 2, 2003, pp. 377–389., doi:10.1037/0022-3514.84.2.377.
Fox, Glenn R., et al. “Neural Correlates of Gratitude.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 6, 2015, doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01491.
Publishing, Harvard Health. “Giving Thanks Can Make You Happier.” Harvard Health, www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/giving-thanks-can-make-you-happier.
Wong, Y. Joel, et al. “Does Gratitude Writing Improve the Mental Health of Psychotherapy Clients? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial.” Psychotherapy Research, vol. 28, no. 2, 2016, pp. 192–202., doi:10.1080/10503307.2016.1169332.
Zahn, Roland, et al. “Individual Differences in Posterior Cortical Volume Correlate with Proneness to Pride and Gratitude.” Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, vol. 9, no. 11, 2013, pp. 1676–1683., doi:10.1093/scan/nst158.
Buy our book, Brains Explained! amzn.to/3hkmCdo
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We couldn’t do all of this without our awesome Patreon Producers, Ryan M. Shaver, Dan Lewis, Carrie McKenzie, and Jareth Arnold. You four are like that feeling you get when you wake up to cat snuggles.
And thanks to our other high-level Patrons, including:
Dan Lewis
12tone
Daniela Sodré
Marcelo Kenji
Jareth Arnold
Corvi
Susan Jones
Raymond Chin
Marcel Ward
Carrie McKenzie
Ryan Shaver
Memming Park
Ilsa Jerome
Linda L Schubert
Neuro Transmissions is a channel on a mission to bring neuroscience to everyone. It's not rocket surgery, it's brain science! Subscribe for new brain videos every other Sunday!
Got a question for us to answer? Let us know in the comments - we’d love to explore more of your questions! Share, like, and subscribe for more videos to come! Over and out.
#gratitude #thanksgiving #neuroscience
