Gratitude and Brain: Representation and Integration

Samah Khaled Zahran

Short communication

Gratitude and Brain: Representation and Integration

Marco Orsini¹*, Patricia Lopes Zanon², Gabriela Sardella³, Clara de Almeida e Araújo Leite⁴, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira⁵ and Lara Brandão⁶

¹Institute of Psychiatry - IPUB - UFRJ and Universidade Iguaçu, Brazil

²Rio de Janeiro Federal Fluminense, Medicine Department, Brazil

³Fluminense Federal University, Medicine Department, Brazil

⁴Estácio de Sá University, Medicine Department, Brazil

⁵São Paulo Federal University, Unifesp - Neurology Department, Brazil

⁶Neuroradiology, Lara Brandão Institute, Brazil

Corresponding Author

Received Date: April 25, 2023; Published Date: May 18, 2023

Abstract

At a conference held in 2013, the Benedictine monk David Steinndl-Rast spoke to the speakers about a new era of changes in consciousness, in which certain people would be able to experience shared happiness and build a better world. In this event, the word gratitude was used frequently. How does the central nervous system react to gratitude? What are the metabolic, neurochemical and neurophysiological changes when gratitude is offered or received? [1] In the central nervous system it is like a dynamic and “archaic” system of levers or pieces of a domino; where a simple act of gratitude causes cascades of neurotransmitters in distinct regions associated with reward and pleasure. Gratitude can be considered a typical socio-moral emotion in the maintenance of human cooperative interpersonal relationships.

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Marco Orsini*, Patricia Lopes Zanon, Gabriela Sardella, Clara de Almeida e Araújo Leite, Acary Souza Bulle Oliveira and Lara Brandão. Gratitude and Brain: Representation and Integration. Arch Neurol & Neurosci. 15(3): 2023. ANN.MS.ID.000862.