While happiness can spark harekete geçirmek novel acayip ideas, a new paper argues that the mood ruh hali-creativity yaratıcılık connection bağlantı may run aday olmak two ways: The very act of making association birleşme could perk you up neşelenmek.

Rumination derin düşünme can make moods more negative, Moshe Bar, a psychologist at Harvard,points out işaret etmek. And thinking quickly about several birkaç different topics in sequence sırayla yapmak enhances büyütmek mood. This effect may have evolved as a reward ödül mechanism for gathering toplanmak information. "In life, the more predictions tahmin we make, the stronger the likelihood olasılık we'll be successful,' Bar says. Because uncertainty kararsızlık tends to meyilli olmak bring getirmek on anxiety endişe,generating doğurmak forecasts tahmin will reduce uncertainty and therefore can be calming huzur veren.

What are the neural sinirsel mechanics of such a reward? "Many pathways patika in the brain release azat etme a large amount of endorphins when activated harekete geçirmek,' Bar says. "If you keep activating new and different regions bölge, you'll maximize your mood reward'—and avoid exhausting bitirmek; çıkarmak the supply yerine koyma in one area.

According to this line of thinking, the reason alcohol makes us feel good may be that it lowers düşürmek inhibition çekingenlik and affords a broader geniş thinking pattern şablon. Need a quick pick-me-up ferahlık verici olay, canlandırıcı without getting drunk at work? See below for three options.

Happiness at the Speed of Thought

  • Do Something out of Character: Inhibition and rumination are closely linked.Misbehave yaramazlık etmek a little, buy a new outfit, talk to a stranger. Escape your comfort rahatlık zone bölge.
  • Practice Speed-Reading: Reading faster can improve mood, perhaps because of the rapid-fire sürekli ateş volley yağdırma of written associations. Even negative text can cheer you up.
  • Look Ahead: Depressed people are deficient eksik in planning and foresight öngörü. Try imagining future outcomes rather than exploring things in the present or past.