Sentence examples for induced optimism from inspiring English sources

We have previously shown that experimentally induced optimism can diminish the deteriorating effect of cold pressor pain on a subsequent working memory task (i.e., operation span task).

That was a time of Oslo-induced optimism.

In two successive experiments we sought further evidence for the protective role of optimism on pain-induced working memory impairments.

Results showed that shifting performance was impaired when experimental heat pain was applied during task execution, and that optimism counteracted pain-induced deterioration in task-shifting performance.

Here we carried out further analysis of this sample to investigate the relationship between dispositional optimism and stress-induced changes in immunity and mood.

Together these findings suggest that optimism may promote health, by counteracting stress-induced increases in inflammation and boosting the adjuvant effects of acute stress.

Dozens of international artists translated the era's global euphoria and optimism into a mix of political statements, drug-induced musings and truly artistic visions.

Similarly, excess cortisol exposure has been associated with glucocorticoid resistance and dysregulated immunity (Bauer, 2005; Miller et al., 2002), and it is conceivable that optimism could influence immune responses by attenuating stress-induced changes in cortisol.

Reduced stress-induced increases in IL-6 may be a mechanism through which optimism is protective for physical and mental health.

This study employed a 2 (optimism/no optimism) × 2 (pain/no pain) between-subjects design to explore whether (1) experimentally induced pain (cold pressor task) deteriorates subsequent executive task performance, and (2) whether an optimism induction can counteract this sustained deteriorating effect of pain on executive task performance.

Nevertheless, our findings suggest that trait optimism may be protective for physical and mental health by counteracting stress-induced increases in inflammation and boosting the adjuvant effects of acute stress.