Someone is finally trying to answer the age old question of why our family makes us crazy during the holidays. I am to the point of not celebrating anything ever again because of the stress that comes with being around these people. I tried really hard to not fight with my mom this year and thought I had successfully made it though this year without a scrape. Oh no, she called me shortly after we left and managed to piss me off so much I could barely talk to her. Many people have this problem, which surprised me because no one ever talks about it. I thought I was one of the few.
"Visiting -- or even just viewing photos of family members -- prompts brain activity that affects how you feel about them, your friends, and even yourself, a new study suggests.
The study is the first to compare brain activity associated with seeing relatives with that linked to seeing friends and strangers. It suggests our feelings about biological relatives are at least somewhat primal.
The findings may help explain everything from why our family can get on our nerves to why people who look like us can spark immediate feelings of trust, "but not lust," said Steven Platek, who co-authored the study with Shelly Kemp.
"We like to be around people that look more like us, but we do not find them as sexually attractive," added Platek, editor-in-chief of the journal Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience. "I think it is linked to our subconscious ability to detect facial resemblances so we avoid lusting after those that may be related to us."Link
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