Are you having trouble differentiating different facial emotions? Unable to understand complex emotions?Worry no more because according to new research presented at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies in Seattle (yes there is a professional sleep society, how cool is that), rest or specifically Rapid Eye Movement(REM) is able to influence our ability to read other people's emotions by interpreting their facial expressions.
By resting(sleeping), one is able to improve their ability to identify positive emotions in others. Furthermore, researchers show that it can also round out the sharp angles of our own emotional experiences.
Before I forget, this research was carried out by Matthew Walker and his colleagues from the Sleep and Neuroimaging Lab at the University of California. So if you were thinking this was all a hoax, HAH!
With little mental energy, a person is emotionally more attuned to things that are more likely to be most threatening in the immediate moment. Against the grain, when a person is well rested, they may be more sensitive to positive emotions which theoretically could ameliorate long term-survival.
You may ask, Adrian 'The Great One', what are you trying to tell us?
Well all I'm trying to tell you'll is that YOU SHOULD SLEEP MORE! *it helps...seriously
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