| 幸福大叔 | 2015-12-23 13:55 |
What’s Happening in Your Brain During the HolidaysWhat’s Happening in Your Brain During the HolidaysMelissa Bykofsky2015年12月22日 There’s nothing quite like the holiday season when it comes to feeling all the feels. This time of year triggers different emotions for everyone. “We are used to running on adrenaline, going from one stressful deadline to another and trying to juggle work and our personal lives,” Emma Seppälä, PhD, science director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education, tells Yahoo Health. That’s why when we’re finally able to settle down and enjoy time with friends and family, it can lead to a surge of sentiments. If we’re getting scientific, the twinkling lights, Santas, menorahs, wreaths, and other holiday insignia trigger neurological processes that are created by the cerebral cortex of the brain (interacting with the amygdala and insula) that processes physiological information. It leads to a culmination of emotions — if you celebrate Christmas, for example, that’ll likely be Christmas Eve or Christmas morning. As you go through your family’s traditions, this is what’s happening inside your brain to make you feel the way you do.  As You Open Presents, You Experience: Anticipation: Your brain releases dopamine, known as the reward neurotransmitter, when you think something pleasurable is about to happen. “Just expecting to open a gift you want can make you happy in anticipation,” Seppälä explains. Gratitude: Activity in the hypothalamus increases when you feel grateful. Dopamine levels also increase when you feel this way. Gratitude can boost feelings of happiness, and decrease anxiety or depression. As You Sip Hot Cocoa By the Fire, You Experience: Relaxation: “When we relax, we activate our parasympathetic nervous system, the ’rest and digest’ response,” Seppälä says. “Your body finds time to restore itself and rebuild its resources. Your mind calms down and you start to feel better, happier, healthier, and more joyful and energetic.” When You Reunite With Family, You Experience: Love: “Social connection and love releases hormones like oxytocin in your body, which makes you feel more bonded to people, more trusting, and more happy,” Seppälä says. Joy: The chemicals your brain releases when you feel joy are similar to the ones that trigger you to feel gratitude and love. When you are joyous, your dopamine levels increase, brightening your connection with the world around you and helping you feel pleasure, David Goldman, PhD, a neuroscientist with the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, explained to Psychology Today. As You Sing Carols, You Experience: Nostalgia: The amygdala in the brain takes credit for forming memories tied to emotional experiences, like singing “Silent Night” as a kid with your family, according to research out of Bryn Mawr College. The hippocampus, the part of the brain that regulates the recollection of events, triggers memories that cause you to feel nostalgic for those childhood moments as you answer the door to carolers. If you Can’t Make it Home for the Holidays, You Experience: Loneliness: The stress associated with feeling left out lowers your levels of serotonin, a chemical which contributes to feelings of happiness, according to a study in Science. Read This Next: What’s Happening in Your Brain and Body as You Listen to MusicLet’s keep in touch! Follow Yahoo Health on Facebook, Twitter,Instagram, and Pinterest. Have a personal health story to share? We want to hear it. Tell us at YHTrueStories@yahoo.com. 以下为电脑翻译： （大脑）在假期里发生了什么事 梅丽莎拜科夫斯基 2015年12月22日 没有什么很像假日季节来临时，感觉所有的感觉。 这一年的这个时候会引发对每个人的不同情绪。“我们习惯了连轴转，从一个紧张的截止日期到另一个，试图平衡工作和个人生活，“艾玛主席äLä，博士，对同情和利他主义的研究和教育的斯坦福大学的中心科学主任，告诉雅虎健康。这就是为什么当我们最终能够和朋友和家人一起享受时光的时候，它会带来一种情绪的冲击。 如果我们要科学的、闪烁的灯光、圣诞老人、烛台、花圈、等节日徽章触发神经过程是由大脑皮层产生的（与杏仁核和岛叶的相互作用）过程的生理信息。 这会带来一个情绪化的高潮--如果你过圣诞节的话，那很可能是圣诞夜或圣诞节的早晨。 当你通过你的家庭的传统，这是你的大脑内发生的事情，让你感觉你的方式。 当你打开礼物，你的经验： 期待：你的大脑会释放出多巴胺，被称为“奖赏神经传递素”，当你认为某件令人愉快的事情即将发生。“只是想打开礼物你想能让你快乐的期待，”布拉特äLä解释。 感恩：当你感恩的时候，下丘脑的活动会增加。多巴胺水平也增加，当你觉得这种方式。感恩能增强幸福感，减少焦虑或抑郁情绪。 当你在火中一口一口，你的经验：放松：“当我们放松，我们激活我们的交感神经系统，“休息和消化的反应，”布拉特äLä说。“你的身体找到时间来恢复自己，重建它的资源。你的心平静下来，你开始感觉更好，更快乐，更健康，更快乐和充满活力。” 当你与家人团聚，你经历：爱情：“社会关系和爱释放激素如催产素在你的身体，使你感觉更粘人，更信任，更快乐，”布拉特äLä说。 快乐：当你感到快乐的时候，你的大脑会释放出类似的化学物质，这些化学物质会激发你的感激和爱。当你快乐时，你的多巴胺水平升高，照亮你与你周围的世界，让你觉得快乐，戴维戈德曼，博士，与美国国家酒精滥用与酒精中毒研究所神经学家解释今日心理学。 为你唱颂歌，你的经验： 怀旧：大脑中的杏仁核以信用形成记忆与情感体验，喜欢唱“平安夜”作为一个孩子，你的家庭，根据研究出来的布林莫尔学院。海马，大脑中调节事件的回忆中，触发记忆让你感到怀念童年的那些时刻为您回答大家的门。 如果你不能让它回家的假期，你的经验： 孤独：一项在科学研究中的研究显示，与情绪相关的压力会降低你的血清素水平，这是一种有助于幸福感的化学物质。 读下面的：当你听音乐时，你的大脑和身体发生了什么 让我们保持联系！按照雅虎的健康在Facebook、Instagram和Pinterest推特，。 有个人健康的故事分享吗？我们想听到它。在yhtruestories@yahoo.com告诉我们。 |
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