{"id":242753,"date":"2026-08-15T09:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/deep-brain-stimulation-strengthens-reward-signals-after-one-20-minute-session-study-finds"},"modified":"2026-08-15T09:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T14:05:14","slug":"deep-brain-stimulation-strengthens-reward-signals-after-one-20-minute-session-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/deep-brain-stimulation-strengthens-reward-signals-after-one-20-minute-session-study-finds","title":{"rendered":"Deep brain stimulation strengthens reward signals after one 20-minute session, study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/deep-brain-stimulation-strengthens-reward-signals-after-one-20-minute-session-study-finds2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A study from Emory University School of Medicine suggests that a single 20-minute session of noninvasive deep brain stimulation, paired with mindful breathing, may strengthen the brain\u2019s response to reward and reduce anxiety. Changes in reward-related brain activity remained detectable for approximately one week after the session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A study from Emory University School of Medicine suggests that a single 20-minute session of noninvasive deep brain stimulation, paired with mindful breathing, may strengthen the brain\u2019s response to reward and reduce anxiety. Changes in reward-related brain activity remained detectable for approximately one week after the session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}