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Brain chemical helps us tolerate foul play

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Serotonin allows us to keep our cool when faced with life's unfairness.

Controlling your anger and reacting sensibly when someone treats you badly can be a problem. And if you have low levels of serotonin, it can be even more of a problem, a new study has found.

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  1. Crockett, M. et al., Science, early online publication doi: 10.1126/science.1155577 (2008).

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Cressey, D. Brain chemical helps us tolerate foul play. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.876

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