Unforgettable First Kiss? THis is scientific reason


Jakarta, Have you ever wondered why can remember things from the past like the first kiss, but sometimes can not remember that what you eat last night? Recent studies have found the answer.

Assessed romantic first kiss, because that's very impressive and often unforgettable for most people. But beyond that, there are scientific reasons that have been discovered by psychologists at the University of Toronto.

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Toronto found that the emotional memories associated with both positive and negative in the brain can be recorded and viewed the image of EEG (Electroencephalography).

"We have found that people see events that evoke emotion more clearly than a regular occurrence. Was it positive events like a first kiss, the birth of the child, awarded, or adverse events such as traumatic, humiliating breakup scene. Effect is the same," said Rebecca Todd, author of the study from the Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, as reported by Dailymail, Friday (08/31/2012).

By studying brain activity, the team of Todd along with researchers at the University of Manchester and the University of California, San Diego found that the part of the brain responsible for emotional or motivational tagging importance of past experience, called the amygdala was more active when viewing images rated life.

This increase affects both brain activity in the visual cortex that increases the activity related to the seen object, and in the posterior insula, areas that integrate sensations from the body.

The researchers also used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to see which brain regions are more active when people see things that are considered to be more clear because it is more important emotionally.

Again, the researchers found brain activity in the amygdala, visual cortex and cortical interoceptive increased clarity.

"We know now why people see so clearly emotional event, making it more memorable, and which brain areas are involved," said Todd.

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