Stuart Wolpert
- Oxytocin- hormone that increases in response to stress; associated with good social skills (empathy, enjoying company of others, etc)
- First study to find a gene related to psychology
- There are two variations of the gene- "G" variant and "A" variant
- Those with A variant are more sensitive to stress, do not have good social skills, and poor mental health
- Adenine seems to cause more depressive symptoms in one specific area of the gene than guanine does- if a person has two A or and one A and one G in a specific area the person is more likely to have low levels of optimism, self esteem, and high depressive symptoms
- Adenine causes a harmful mutation?
- Genes don't set a person's future in stone- people have the ability to work around their genes.
- Environmental factors play a huge role in something like optimism and self- esteem.
- I think the same goes for happiness (?)
- This study says that people would benefit from training their brains to be more optimistic, have high self-esteem, etc. (Like Train Your Brain to Get Happy)
- Social relationships still play a huge role
Published- September 13, 2011
Author- Stuart Wolpert; Source- UCLA newsroom
Author sites information- It came from Shelley E. Taylor, a "distinguished professor of psychology at UCLA and senior author of the new research."
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