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PostSubject: Angry? Let it all out - it could be good for your health   Angry? Let it all out - it could be good for your health Icon_minitimeSat Jun 05, 2010 3:15 am

Losing your temper could be good for you, researchers have found, because letting off steam can lessen the effects of stress.

The findings appeared to back up the common theory that venting emotions is better for mental health than keeping them locked up.

Expressing anger increased blood flow to a part of the brain that was thought to be involved in feelings of happiness, the research found.

A group of Spanish scientists were investigating what happens to the human body when we are enraged. To test responses they gathered 30 men in a laboratory and slowly increased their anger levels.

The volunteers were all given a list of written statements, asked to read each one and then recall a situation in which they felt that way. The sentences escalated gradually from "today is no different from any other day" to "I am consumed with hatred".

The men's heart rate, blood pressure and levels of two stress hormones, testosterone and cortisol, were measured and their brains scanned.

The findings, published in the journal Hormones and Behaviour, showed that anger stimulated the part of the brain associated with positive feelings, the left hemisphere.

Dr Neus Herrero, from the University of Valencia in Spain, who led the study, said that anger generated profound changes in the human body.

"In addition, changes in cerebral activity also occur, especially in the frontal and temporal lobes," he added.

However, anger was also found to have negative effects. The heart rates and blood pressure levels of the volunteers all increased. And although cortisol levels fell, testosterone levels increased.

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