Post by Humanist on May 10, 2012 19:53:24 GMT -5
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/13/excessive-worrying-link-intelligence_n_1423582.html?ref=topbar
A new study by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the US suggests that excess worrying could be a sign of intelligence.
Scientists found that high intelligence and worry both correlate with brain activity measured by the depletion of the nutrient choline in the subcortical white matter of the brain. According to the researchers, this suggests that intelligence may have co-evolved with worry in humans.
"While excessive worry is generally seen as a negative trait and high intelligence as a positive one, worry may cause our species to avoid dangerous situations, regardless of how remote a possibility they may be," said Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of psychiatry at SUNY Downstate.
Don't worry, be happy. Oh wait, that's stupid.
A new study by researchers at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the US suggests that excess worrying could be a sign of intelligence.
Scientists found that high intelligence and worry both correlate with brain activity measured by the depletion of the nutrient choline in the subcortical white matter of the brain. According to the researchers, this suggests that intelligence may have co-evolved with worry in humans.
"While excessive worry is generally seen as a negative trait and high intelligence as a positive one, worry may cause our species to avoid dangerous situations, regardless of how remote a possibility they may be," said Jeremy Coplan, MD, professor of psychiatry at SUNY Downstate.
Don't worry, be happy. Oh wait, that's stupid.