Optimists have similar patterns of brain activation when they think about the future—but pessimists are all different from ...

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Optimists seem to share a common mental blueprint for the future, which might help them connect more easily with others. Pessimists, in contrast, think about the future in their own uniquely ...

All optimists’ brain patterns are alike, but each pessimist’s brain is unhappy in its own way. Plus, the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated brain ageing and how tenure affects publication output.

Brain scans reveal that optimists literally “think alike” when picturing the future, unlike pessimists who each imagine it differently. This mental harmony may boost their social bonds.

Researchers did functional magnetic resonance imaging to probe into brain activity in 87 participants as they thought of different future events marked as positive, neutral or negative.

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Optimists live longer, healthier lives than pessimists, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that may give pessimists one more reason to grumble.