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Science & Technology - Monday, January 11, 2010 17:27 - 29 Comments
I’m so fantastic (if I ignore my frontal lobes)
The subjects who viewed themselves in a very positive light used their orbitofrontal cortex less than the other subjects. This region of the frontal lobe is generally associated with reasoning, planning, decision-making, and problem-solving. Some subjects who had accurate views of themselves showed four times more frontal lobe activation than the most extreme “rose-colored glasses” wearer in the study.
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN—The less you use your brain’s frontal lobes, the more you see yourself through rose-colored glasses, new research shows. Continue…
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