oooh girl,

High Self-Perception, Low Brain Activity

psychotherapy:

Researchers have discovered the less you use your brain’s frontal lobes, the more you see yourself through rose-colored glasses.

“In healthy people, the more you activate a portion of your frontal lobes, the more accurate your view of yourself is,” says Jennifer Beer, a University of Texas assistant professor of psychology.

“And the more you view yourself as desirable or better than your peers, the less you use those lobes.”

Those findings are being published in the February edition of the journal NeuroImage…

check yoself before you wreck yoself ;)

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    check yoself before you wreck yoself ;)
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    Interesting.
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    this makes sense.
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    this is the most amazing thing i’ve ever read. my childhood makes sense now, pat.
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    borednschooled:my2secondshelflife:psychotherapy:
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    Haha. Zach you would love this, wouldn’t you?
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    then I guess that arrogant people are dumb.
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    Researchers have discovered the less you use your brain’s frontal lobes, the more you see yourself through rose-colored...
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    So it’s true: if you’re stupid, you’re probably happy, even if you’re...have low...
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    This explains so much…
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    I love these analysis. The more realistic the view, the more it makes me feel there is a simple, logical solution for...
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