This is where Barbara Fredrickson returns to the story. What Positive Thoughts Do to Your Brain Fredrickson tested the impact of positive emotions on the brain by setting up a little experiment.

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Researchers from the Yale School of Public Health suggest that thinking positively about aging can quickly remedy and ward off mild cognitive impairment in older adults.

If you're struggling to think positive, try this strategy first. It can help develop your brain in ways that may make the other positive thinking strategies easier to implement.

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What used to be 'the power of positive thinking' is now embraced as 'manifestation' − with 36 billion and counting TikTok views to prove it.

Hypnotherapist Emilie Leyes shared how she turns to a positive psychology “installation” habit to stop negative thinking and be more positive.

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