Mindset Neuroscience Podcast · Stefanie Faye

Neuroscience of Thanksgiving: Regulation Beyond the Rituals

·14 min·1 clip

The host reveals research showing gratitude practices activate the parasympathetic nervous system and increase heart rate variability.

This neuroscience-focused episode explores how gratitude and appreciation function as neurophysiological interventions that regulate the nervous system. The host explains the difference between the brain's wanting and liking systems, presents research on gratitude's effects on heart rate variability and inflammation, and offers practical guidance for using appreciation as a strategic regulation tool rather than toxic positivity.

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