A unique experiment conducted by psychologists at the University of Illinois (USA). Having decided to review the status of the students before the exams, they prepared a study to accurately determine the methods and personality traits in a complex capable to protect the human brain from emotional instability.
The participants began to experience 85 student volunteers. Researchers undertook to identify the relationship between the structure of the brain and protection, determined by the peculiarities of the individual. The results of the experiment, published in its July issue of Personality Neuroscience.
During the study, using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) in volunteers calculated volume of certain areas of the brain, located in the prefrontal cortex. The data obtained are then compared with the personal traits of the subjects:
- optimism;
- positive affect;
- cognitive reevaluation.
The results of the experiment confirmed that some personality manifestations definitely associated with brain structure and help the person as much as possible to adapt to a stressful or worrying situation, in order to avoid negative emotions. The greater the volume of certain areas of the brain, the more manifest "protective" features. And by the way, psychologists are absolutely confident that this level of capacity it is subject to a special set of exercises (intellectual and not only).
One of the authors of the above study (Sandra Dolkos) explains: "The ordinary people simply can not understand how their brain is plastic. Meanwhile, we can improve the body by means of training and by gaining experience. It is necessary to develop new skills, get more information, to analyze, compare, and so forth. In particular, it can help the new strategies of emotional control - are the most positive impact on the structure of the brain. "
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