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A recent study conducted by the researchers from the University of Alberta and Duke University has shown that wisdom in humans does come with age, at least as far as emotions is concerned. The teams of researchers who did this study have detected that region of the brain which assists healthy and older people to control their emotions in a much better way than those younger in age.
Two regions in the human brain has been identified by the researcher Florin Dolcos and other members of his team, which indicated enhanced activity when the participants over 60 years of age were shown photos of emotion-emoting situations. Researcher Florin Dolcos said, ‘Previous studies have provided evidence that healthy older individuals have a positive bias - they can actually manage how much attention they give to negative situations so they’re less upset by them.’
He added that until now it was not understood how brain worked to provide seniors a perception of this kind. Young and old participants were asked to rate emotional content of a given set of pictures ad their brain activity was being studied. It turned out that the old participants rated these pictures as less negative compared to the younger lot. Upon studying the scans, the researchers detected association between the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion detection, and the anterior cingulated cortex, a brain region involved in emotion control.
