Play people instrumental music they've never heard, and they independently imagine the same story. Play them that story in words instead, and the same brain regions light up in the same pattern. Our new paper is out today in @natcomms.nature.com

Elizabeth Margulis@margulisa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

How does the brain make meaning when listening to wordless music? 🧵 on our new paper out today in @natcomms.nature.com (1/) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new paper is out in @natmed.nature.com 😱! A thread: Can our thoughts and feelings directly affect our physical well-being? Our pre-registered, double-blind RCT investigated this by testing if modulating the brain's reward system could enhance immune responses to vaccination.

Nature Portfolio@natureportfolio.nature.com · 9mo ago

Training people to activate a part of the brain linked to reward and positive expectations may be associated with an increase in the body’s immune response to a vaccine, according to a study in Nature Medicine. go.nature.com/4sQo3mK #medsky 🧪