What's right about M'sia?

Authors

Eric Loo, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

79631

Publication Details

Loo, E. "What's right about M'sia?." Malaysiakini April 18 (2013):

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Abstract

We tend to mull over the bad things that happen to us than ponder on the good ones. Studies in psychology theorise that negative events, which trigger a "fight or flight" response, cause more heightened activities in the regions of the brain that deal with emotions - the frontal lobes and amygdala. The more negative the events, the more activities in these regions; hence, the more indelible the memory and negative recall.