Ryan Gerard appeared to clip a bird with a tee shot. David Ford spent a few minutes in the mud, then went about an hour without using his putter. Round 1 of the Cognizant Classic had some weirdness ...

A century-long analysis of Commons speeches reveals how Britain’s political debate on immigration has lurched ​to its most hostile stance ever recorded ...

University of Warwick provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The short, dark days of winter are never easy to get through. But for many people in the UK and across Europe, this ...

Are you more of an optimist or a pessimist? If you’re the latter, it may be time to start looking on the bright side. Recommended Videos “Research indicates that people who engage in optimistic ...

Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

Henry Ford famously noted, “Whether you think you can do it or not, you are usually right.” His point was that beliefs, especially about our talents, performance, and even luck, can be self-fulfilling ...

Training yourself to expect good things to happen sounds like helpful advice in general. Now, new research suggests that good vibes could have a physical effect on the immune system. Positive, hopeful ...

Scientists have found that people who trained their brain to have positive thoughts right after a jab produced more protective antibodies in their blood in response to vaccination. Previous animal ...

Scientists found that people who used positive thinking to stimulate the brain’s reward system produced more antibodies after vaccination than others. The findings do not suggest optimism can cure ...

Instead of focusing on your sore arm after your next vaccine, you might want to think good thoughts. A new study that trained people in the power of positive thinking showed that the practice can ...

Increasing activity in a deep-brain region can boost the immune system’s response to vaccines—and people can be trained to do it themselves using the power of brain scans and positive thinking, ...