People who are prone to bouts of nervousness, irritability and aggression, are more sensitive to the properties of nicotine, the researchers said. To some extent, nicotine has a positive effect on their brains. Therefore, they can not help giving up cigarettes a technique effective for those with quieter character.
Neuroscientists in the US found that nicotine directly affects the areas of the brain, through which we can control their negative emotions. People angry, irritable, aggressive, these areas of the brain under the influence of cigarette smoking work differently than humans more balanced, according to doctors from the University of California.
Scientists conducted an experiment to reveal the influence of nicotine on emotional response. Volunteers were specifically placed in conditions which provoked to anger expression. The subjects played a computer game with a virtual opponent, where after each round winner could turn an opponent for a while unpleasant post on hearing the noise at the desired volume. Watching the players showed that the habit of smoking lowered the degree of irritation to those who to it just was inclined. "Despite the provocations by the" enemy ", allow nicotine relieves irritation and vindictiveness quickly and effectively calms the nerves," - concluded the experts.
According to neurologists, their work confirms the existence of a special sensitivity to the properties of nicotine in nervous people. The analysis revealed changes in their brain metabolism. Under the influence of nicotine in smokers - psychotics changed work areas of the brain responsible for spatial orientation, planning and processing of emotional stimuli. All this, according to doctors, says that such people are more vulnerable to dependence on cigarettes, so to get rid of nicotine addiction they need the original methods.
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