Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Brain scans of happy people help explain their 'rose-tinted' outlook

Brain scans of happy people help explain their 'rose-tinted' outlook


The brains of happy people are tuned to notice and enjoy the positives in life that may pass others by, according to research that may explain why some folk seem to go about wearing rose-tinted spectacles. Brain scans of volunteers who scored high on a standard test for happiness showed activity in regions that reinforced their happy dispositions and set them up for a "cycle of positivity", scientists said.

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