# How gratitude rewires your brain

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxUofM
- Speaker: Christina Costa
- Year: 2021
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/christina_costa_how_gratitude_rewires_your_brain)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When a psychologist who studies well-being ends up with a brain tumor, what happens when she puts her own research into practice? Christina Costa goes beyond the "fight" narrative of cancer -- or any formidable personal journey -- to highlight the brain benefits of an empowering alternative to fostering resilience in the face of unexpected challenges: gratitude.

## Lectures

1. [How gratitude rewires your brain](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/christina_costa_how_gratitude_rewires_your_brain/bad28a331215), 11 min (TED's player)