Boasting pleasing your brain as well as a se *

Yes, people have a weakness: we love to talk about themselves. Share, complain, and most importantly - to boast! What could be nicer? As it turned out, boasting gives people no less fun than money, and lo * s.

A team of researchers from the United States used the method of magnetic resonance imaging to study the brain's response to boasting. Study participants offered to tell us something about yourself: achievements, hobbies, preferences, political beliefs, and so on. N. The results are equally valid in the case when people bragged about "live", and when he did so by means of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, the researchers stressed. What are these results?

As long as people told scientists what they are wonderful, their brain activated the mesolimbic tract, which is responsible for obtaining pleasure, such as eating, se * sa money, according to NAR * otic.

«The feeling of subjective value gives a person is really a great pleasure» em> - Diana Tamir, author of the study.

blockquote> In a separate test, the researchers offered the test a small amount of money for something, to talk with them about them, but about somebody else, such as President Obama. From 17 to 25 percent of the participants rejected the proposal and continued to talk about himself. Boasting more than money!

via factroom.ru