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Brain Regions Responsible for Optimism Located

Posted by samzenpus on from the I-can-do-this dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "The brain region responsible for believing you can seduce Giselle Bundchen or make a YouTube clone for bobble-head doll movies successful has been located. Surprisingly, it is not in a bottle of Jager, it's in the rostral anterior cingulate and amygdala."

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  1. Re:That's nice. by Lord+Ender · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I know you're joking, but direct stimulation of this point might cure depression. People don't commit suicide because they are unhappy. They commit suicide because they are unhappy and they don't think they will ever be happy again--a lack of optimism.

    I can imagine a future where some people have optimism pacemakers--it's probably better than drugs.

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