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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-12-scientists-localize-christmas-spirit-brain.html
"The Christmas spirit has been located in the human brain, reveals a study published in The BMJ's Christmas issue this week.
The Christmas spirit has been a widespread phenomenon for centuries and is commonly described as feelings of joy and nostalgia mixed with associations to merry feelings, gifts, delightful smells, and good food.
However, the authors of the study estimate that "millions of people are prone to displaying Christmas spirit deficiencies," and refer to this as the 'bah humbug' syndrome.
"Accurate localisation of the Christmas spirit is a paramount first step in being able to help this group of patients," they say, and can advance "understanding of the brain's role in festive cultural traditions."
So the team of researchers from Rigshospitalet, a hospital affiliated with Copenhagen University, attempted to locate the 'Christmas spirit' in the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)."
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"The Christmas spirit has been located in the human brain, reveals a study published in The BMJ's Christmas issue this week.
The Christmas spirit has been a widespread phenomenon for centuries and is commonly described as feelings of joy and nostalgia mixed with associations to merry feelings, gifts, delightful smells, and good food.
However, the authors of the study estimate that "millions of people are prone to displaying Christmas spirit deficiencies," and refer to this as the 'bah humbug' syndrome.
"Accurate localisation of the Christmas spirit is a paramount first step in being able to help this group of patients," they say, and can advance "understanding of the brain's role in festive cultural traditions."
So the team of researchers from Rigshospitalet, a hospital affiliated with Copenhagen University, attempted to locate the 'Christmas spirit' in the brain using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)."
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