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The brain’s homebase for hopefulness moves as you get older

The brain’s homebase for hopefulness moves as you get older

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Marc Arginteanu
Aug 22, 2022
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The brain’s homebase for hopefulness moves as you get older
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Using fMRI techniques on volunteers, researchers in China, in 2017 homed in on areas of the brain responsible for your feelings of hope in 231 high school students. The scientists administered neuropsychometric tests to students to determine whether they had hopeful or anxious personalities by nature. Afterwards, they subjected the students to 

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