Scientists say they've found the brain region responsible for happy feelings

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• • Christian

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    Published: 08-01-2015 03:39 am
  • "Researchers have found what they believe is the part of the brain directly responsible for feelings of happiness, and the discovery could help us tap into these feelings more often. Whether that involves creating more moments of joy and contentment or savouring the moments we have for a longer period of time, we might one day be able to 'train' our brains to hold on to happy feelings."
    
    http://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-think-they-ve-found-the-brain-region-directly-responsible-for-happy-feelings
• • Christian

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    Published: 08-01-2015 04:15 am
  • The ventral striatum is related to happiness, I don't think that is a suprise.
    
    Phasic dopamine releases from ventral striatum is related to happiness / motivation, the way of maximizing happiniess must be:
    
    
    
    1. Find out what really motivates you
    2. Find a balance in life of doing that a lot
    
    

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