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Feeling anxious? Check your orbitofrontal cortex, cultivate your optimism

September 22, 2015 by

A new study links anxiety, a brain structure called the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and optimism, finding that healthy adults who have larger OFCs tend to be more optimistic and less anxious.

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