Being Optimistic Can Lower Stress and Anxiety (Use of English)

Scientists ... that people who are too optimistic about the future may have "faulty" brains.

Their study, ... the journal Nature Neuroscience, concluded that the reason many people always see light at the end of the tunnel may be ... an inability to sensibly deal with risk.

They even say this over-optimism could have been a cause of the 2008 global financial crisis, with bankers failing ... or see the riskiness of their investments.

The Report author Dr Tali Sharot of London's University College analyzed brain scans to measure the activity taking place in patients ... were asked to think about their future.

He found that negative predictions ... in the minds of the optimists.

In his study, Dr Sharot gave volunteers 80 different negative situations ... unpleasant to disastrous.

These included getting divorced, having your car ... and developing cancer.

Dr Sharot said: "The more optimistic we are, the ... likely we are to be ... by negative information about the future".

The divorce rate is 50%, but people don't think ... the same for them.

He also said: "... the glass as half full rather than half empty can be a positive thing. It can lower stress and anxiety and be good for our health and well-being".