In today's WebMD's enewsletter there is a story on the discovery of an "optimism gene". Here is a link to the WebMD article: http://www.webmd.com/balance/news/20110916/optimism-partly-in-your-genes?ecd=wnl_sxr_092411&print=true
The research was supervised by psychologist Shelly Taylor and UCLA has released a press release about the research; see: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/ucla-life-scientists-discover-215259.aspx For those of you who aren't satisfied with second-hand media accounts, here's a link to the article that reported the research in the journal "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences"; see: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/08/30/1113137108.abstract For those folks that feel like they want to punch in the face people who are over the top optimistic, happy-happy types who see certain events (e.g., disasters, the coming zombie apocalypse, etc.) as "opportunities" instead of really bad things, don't worry, it's only your genes. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12926 or send a blank email to leave-12926-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
