Optimists' brains show strikingly similar patterns when imagining the future, while pessimists' brains display more individual variability, a new study reveals. Using fMRI, researchers found that optimists process positive and negative scenarios in distinct, shared ways, which may explain their greater social connectedness.
Optimists' brains show strikingly similar patterns when imagining the future, while pessimists' brains display more individual variability, a new study reveals. Using fMRI, researchers found that optimists process positive and negative scenarios in distinct, shared ways, which may explain their greater social connectedness.
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