{"id":7181,"date":"2017-11-21T18:34:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T18:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/?p=7181"},"modified":"2019-11-21T01:51:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T01:51:36","slug":"gratitude-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/gratitude-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Choose Gratitude Over Resentment"},"content":{"rendered":"This one is for you, venters. A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/28698643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> new study from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea<\/a> shows that practicing gratitude over resentment leads to decreased heart rate and a calmer mind. Here&#8217;s why you might want to try gratitude journaling instead of venting resentments.\r\n<h2>An Experiment: Gratitude Vs. Resentment<\/h2>\r\nFor the study, scientists have 32 participants partake in two different five-minute mental training programs using audiovisual instructions. The first mental training is for gratitude while the second one is for resentment. The first minute of each program prompts participants to slow their breathing and relax. Then, to encourage gratitude, participants think about their mother, focusing on how much they love and appreciate her. Alternatively, to feel resentment, users focus on a person or moment that made them angry. Then, heart rate and brain scans were recorded to compare the effects.\r\n\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_16757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16757\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5506019\/figure\/Fig1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f0f0ed\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f0f0ed;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16757 size-medium not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Gratitude-vs.-Resentment-Study-Heart-Rate-770x302.png\" alt=\"Heart rate chart from study on choosing gratitude over resentment\" width=\"770\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: PubMed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nWas there a big difference in their findings? You betcha. Indeed, the heart rate of the participants focusing on resentment went up. Conversely, the heart rate of gratitude participants went down.\r\n\r\nTo better understand gratitude at work in the brain, scientists then took MRI scans of the brain to see which parts were activated by the gratitude exercise.\r\n<h2>What Gratitude Does To Your Brain<\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When examining the brain more closely, scientists found that the <\/span>amygdala<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">, prefrontal cortex, and cingulate cortex all showed lowered activity during the gratitude exercise. A quick review of the primary functions of these parts of the brain will show why that&#8217;s a\u00a0<em>good<\/em> thing.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">First, the <\/span>amygdala<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> plays a primary role in decision making and emotional reactions. Meanwhile, the prefrontal cortex differentiates between conflicting thoughts. Finally, the cingulate cortex deals with emotion formation, processing, and learning. When these areas are active and lit up, your brain is stimulated and working hard. Alternatively, lowered activity in these regions reveals a calmer mind at ease. In other words, practicing gratitude may literally give your brain a big old break.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThe study concludes: &#8220;Our findings shed light on the effect of gratitude <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humnutrition.com\/blog\/how-to-start-meditating\/\">meditation<\/a> on an individual&#8217;s mental well-being and indicate that it may be a means of improving both emotion regulation and self-motivation.&#8221;\r\n\r\nSo the next time you&#8217;re tempted to vent, consider gratitude journaling instead. 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A new study from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea shows that practicing gratitude over resentment leads to decreased heart rate and a calmer mind. Here&#8217;s why you might want to try gratitude journaling instead of venting resentments. An Experiment: Gratitude Vs. Resentment For the study, scientists have 32 participants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_toc_level":"h2","_toc_min":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[825,830],"tags":[1081,429,160,154,442],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mind","category-mood","tag-anger","tag-gratitude","tag-happiness","tag-positivity","tag-thanksgiving"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why You Should Choose Gratitude Over Resentment | HUM Nutrition Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recent studies in neuroscience show how gratitude benefits the brain. 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