The Neuroscience of Gratitude and Effects on the Brain.

Emily Fletcher, the founder of Ziva, a well-known meditation training site, mentioned in one of her publications that gratitude as a ‘natural antidepressant’. The effects of gratitude, when practiced daily can be almost the same as medications. It produces a feeling of long-lasting happiness and contentment, the physiological basis of which lies at the neurotransmitter level.

感恩的神經科學及其對大腦的影響。著名冥想培訓網站 Ziva 的創始人艾米麗·弗萊徹 (Emily Fletcher) 在她的一本出版物中提到，感恩是「天然的抗憂鬱藥物」。 每天練習感恩的效果幾乎與藥物相同。 它產生持久的幸福感和滿足感，其生理基礎在於神經傳導物質水平。

Source: positivepsychology.com