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Nature Neuroscience 10, 1345 - 1347 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nn1107-1345
The optimistic brain
Daniel L Schacter1 & Donna Rose Addis1
- The authors are in the Department of Psychology, Harvard University, 33 Kirkland St., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.e-mail: dls@wjh.harvard.edu
Abstract
Faced with the metaphorical glass, most people see it as being half full. A new study shows that activity in two limbic areas, the rostral anterior cingulate cortex and amygdala, reflects an optimistic attitude.
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