Bar-Ilan University Study: Attention Can Regulate Acute Inflammation in Humans

Paying Attention to Your Body Could Actually Change Your Immune Response

"Mind over matter" is a popular mindset for overcoming hardship.

New study shows attention actively shapes the body's inflammation

We usually think of bodily sensations as information the brain receives. What if the way we attend to those sensations can feed back and change the biological response itself?

Your attention can influence your immune response, research finds

We know that where we direct our attention can change how we experience pain. Now, new research suggests that attention may affect more than just how pain feels: it may also influence the body’s immune response.

Israeli study reveals: Attention can regulate acute inflammation in humans

Directing attention toward bodily sensations reduces inflammation, accelerates recovery in healthy volunteers, new study shows.

Bar-Ilan University Study: Attention can regulate acute inflammation in humans

We usually think of bodily sensations as information the brain receives. What if the way we attend to those sensations can feed back and change the biological response itself? Attention is already known to shape how bodily sensations are perceived. Focusing away from pain or itch, for example, can make these sensations feel less intense. A new study from the lab of Dr. Liron Rozenkrantz at Bar-Ilan University’s Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, publi…

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Israeli study finds directing attention towards bodily sensations accelerates recovery in healthy volunteers