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Brain training shows promise for short-term depression relief

A single session of brain training temporarily improved the mood of people with depression in a small trial.

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A single session of brain training temporarily improved the mood of people with depression in a small trial. This type of neurofeedback, which non-invasively measures brain activity to help us learn how to regulate it, encouraged the individuals to alter activity in a region involved in motivation and reward.

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