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This is important to us because we debate news/issues everyday
We often see the same information differently (many threads reflect this), this study may explain some of what is happening, it's likely that we can't actually help the way we see the World
Positive people (about 80% of us) tend to filter out negativity, it's actually difficult to have negative thoughts
Negative people (the remaining 20%) have the opposite filter
Link to artcle below:
Quote:
"Pick and choose
When the news was positive, all people had more activity in the brain's frontal lobes, which are associated with processing errors. With negative information, the most optimistic people had the least activity in the frontal lobes, while the least optimistic had the most.
It suggests the brain is picking and choosing which evidence to listen to."
This is important to us because we debate news/issues everyday
We often see the same information differently (many threads reflect this), this study may explain some of what is happening, it's likely that we can't actually help the way we see the World
Positive people (about 80% of us) tend to filter out negativity, it's actually difficult to have negative thoughts
Negative people (the remaining 20%) have the opposite filter
Link to artcle below:
Quote:
"Pick and choose
When the news was positive, all people had more activity in the brain's frontal lobes, which are associated with processing errors. With negative information, the most optimistic people had the least activity in the frontal lobes, while the least optimistic had the most.
It suggests the brain is picking and choosing which evidence to listen to."
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