Thursday, December 17, 2009

Study found that genes can affect the happiness index

University of Edinburgh and the Queensland Institute for Medical Research psychologists have found that happiness is a state of character traits, together with the joint decision of life, but mainly from the genetic traits.

Fun Science Web site recently reported that the United States, Britain, Australia and the two researchers conducted more than 990 pairs of twins personality test. They will test the same subjects to compare the happiness index found, but the sub-concerns, sociable and more likely to act according to their conscience happy.



The researchers said they found some common genetic cause of the character traits influence people's happiness or not. Research team leader, Alexander Weiss University of Edinburgh, said: "Although it happy by many external factors, but we found some happiness is genetic, which is part of the character from the decision can be explained by genetic makeup."



People of these genes does not guarantee happiness, but by their character, the decision will become happy when people are unlucky catalyst, so that distress among the people can mobilize their own happiness "emotional reserve."



Despite the impact of genes is very powerful, real-life differences in people's happiness level is still about 50% to be attributed to a variety of external factors, such as interpersonal relationships, health and occupatio

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