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Roi Sar-el

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MD, PhD | Psychiatrist | Neuromodulation research fellow @BrighamWomens @Harvardmed | Rothschild fellow | long distance runner 🏃

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Nitzan Lubianiker @nitzanlubi.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
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.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20/01/2026
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 🧪
This is figure 3, which shows mental strategies analysis.
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