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Article: BRAIN ACTIVITY LINKED TO HAPPY OR SAD MOODS.(Main)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 12, 1991
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Byline: Daniel Goleman New York Times
The secret to a sunny disposition, or a doleful one for that matter, may lie in a specific pattern of brain activity, recent studies suggest.
People with more activity in the left frontal cortex than in the right, the data suggest, tend to have a cheerful temperament. Typically they react with delight and interest to people and situations of all sorts.
On the other hand, those with more activity in the right frontal area of the brain shrink from encounters with people or situations and are easily fazed by setbacks.
If the findings hold up, researchers say, analysis of brain activity may offer a ...