People with generally positive outlooks show greater resistance to developing colds than do individuals who rarely revel in upbeat feelings, a new investigation finds.
Frequently basking in positive emotions defends against colds regardless of how often one experiences negative emotions, say psychologist Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and his colleagues. They suspect that positive emotions stimulate symptom-fighting substances.
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December 21st, 2006 at 8:33 am
“it’s virtually impossible to stay in a bad mood when a pair of loving puppy eyes meets yours”
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February 6th, 2007 at 10:03 pm
That’s for sure. By the way, speaking of puppy eyes, just today I learned about the goldendoodle