Thinking negatively can boost your memory, study finds - Yahoo! News: "Bad moods can actually be good for you, with an Australian study finding that being sad makes people less gullible, improves their ability to judge others and also boosts memory.
The study, authored by psychology professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales, showed that people in a negative mood were more critical of, and paid more attention to, their surroundings than happier people, who were more likely to believe anything they were told.
'Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, cooperation, and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking paying greater attention to the external world,' Forgas wrote."
2 comments:
So being a grumpy old codger is making me smarter. Or at least helping my memory. Cool.
Bah! I'm the grumpiest person alive and my brain is deteriorating faster than a woman's libido when Steve's around.
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