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    BMJ |。 What happens to the brain over Christmas?

    • Last Update: 2021-01-01
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    On Christmas Eve, colorful lights, decorations, and a happy atmosphere will always make people happy and happy.
    december 24th is a special day, because the first two days are the winter solstol.
    winter solstol marks the longest night of the year.
    for many people, Christmas is a holiday of light and warmth, after which the winter days become longer and brighter, and the light and warmth come.
    happen to the brain over Christmas? Since the early 1990s, functional magnetic resonance imaging has become a tool for neuropsychological research in locating the emotional and functional centers of the human brain.
    researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark used functional magnetic resonance imaging to explore the Christmas spirit in the brain.
    they compared a group of people who had erred in Christmas (with a Christmas tradition) to a group of people who did not have a Christmas tradition.
    specifically, the two groups were asseded to view images with and without a Christmas theme (daily image), while observing changes in their brain activity through fMRI.
    the results of the questionnaire, 10 participants were assigned to the "Christmas group" (8 men and 2 women) and 10 participants were assigned to the "non-Christmas group" (8 men and 2 women).
    the remaining six participants were excluded either because they had a strong connection to Christmas, even though they did not have a tradition of celebrating Christmas (n s 2), or because they were not positively related to Christmas.
    we analyzed only the MRI data of the final inclusion.
    the "Christmas group" are Danes, who celebrate Christmas in accordance with Danish tradition; Those belonging to the "non-Christmas group" are Pakistanis born in Denmark (n s 2), Indians (n s 2), Iraqis (n s 1), Turks (n s 2), or Pakistanis (n s 3).
    of the functional magnetic resonance imaging scan showed an increase in brain activity in both groups of primary visual corticals when viewing Christmas-themed images compared to everyday images .
    when images of the Christmas theme were used, there was also a significant increase in nerve activity in the primary body sensory cortical layer in the Christmas group.
    two brain activation charts showed that the Christmas group responded more strongly to Christmas pictures than the non-Christmas group.
    these areas include the left primary motor cortical layer and the pre-motor cortical cortical layer, the right-hand bottom small leaf, and the two-sided primary somatoral sensory cortical layer (p .lt; 0.001).
    , no region of the brain in the non-Christmas group responded significantly more to the Christmas image than the Christmas group.
    this interesting scientific experiment, the significance of which is that when people see pictures of Christmas, the brain reacts differently from those who celebrate Christmas and those who don't have a Christmas tradition.
    concluded that there is a "Christmas spiritual network" in the human brain, which consists of multiple cortique regions.
    network is more active than those who don't have a Christmas tradition, and those who celebrate Christmas with active integration activities.
    Hougaard, A., Lindberg, U., Arngrim, N., Larsson, HB, Olesen, J., Amin, FM, ... & Haddock, BT (2015). Evidence of a Christmas spirit network in the brain: functional MRI study. Bmj , 351<!--5f39ae17-8c62-4a45-bc43-b32064c9388a: W3siYmxvY2tJZCI6IjgyMTYtMTYwODc2MDk2OTQ0MiIsImJsb2NrVHlwZSI6InBhcmFncmFwaCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJhbGlnbiI6ImxlZnQiLCJpbmRlbnQiOjAsInRleHQtaW5kZW50IjowLCJsaW5lLWhlaWdodCI6MS43NSwiYmFjay1jb2xvciI6IiIsInBhZGRpbmciOiIifSwidHlwZSI6InBhcmFncmFwaCIsInJpY2hUZXh0Ijp7ImRhdGEiOlt7ImNoYXIiOiLlnKMiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuivniIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5YmNIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6Z。 SI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLlpJUiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6Iu+。 8jCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5LqUIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLlvakiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuaWkSIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5paTIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLnmoQiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IueBryIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5YWJIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6。 MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLjgIEiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuijhSIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi6aWwIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLjgIEiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuWWnCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5oKmIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLnmoQiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuawmyIsInN0eWxlc。 yI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5Zu0Iiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLvvIwiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuaAuyIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5pivIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLkvJoiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuiuqSIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5Lq6Iiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYX。 IiOiLmhJ8iLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuWIsCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5byAIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLlv4MiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6Iu+。 8jCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX0seyJjaGFyIjoi5oSJIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTZ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiLmgqYiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNn19LHsiY2hhciI6IuOAgiIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2fX1dLCJpc1JpY2hUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJrZWVwTGluZUJyZWFrIjp0cnVlfX0seyJibG9ja0lkIjoiNTI0Ni0xNjA4NzYxMDE3MDkzIiwiYmxvY2tUeXBlIjoicGFyYWdyYXBoIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImFsaWduIjoibGVmdCIsImluZGVudCI6MCwidGV4dC1pbmRlbnQiOjAsImxpbmUtaGVp。 Z2h0IjoxLjc1LCJiYWNrLWNvbG9yIjoiIiwicGFkZGluZyI6IiJ9LCJ0eXBlIjoicGFyYWdyYXBoIiwicmljaFRleHQiOnsiZGF0YSI6W10sImlzUmljaFRleHQiOnRydWUsImtlZXBMaW5lQnJlYWsiOnRydWV9fSx7ImJsb2NrSWQiOiI5NTg4LTE2MDg3NjA5NzAyMDgiLCJibG9ja1R5cGUiOiJwYXJhZ3JhcGgiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiYmFjay1jb2xvciI6IiIsImFsaWduIjoibGVmdCIsImxpbmUtaGVpZ2h0IjoxLjc1LCJpbmRlbnQiOjAsInRleHQtaW5kZW50IjowLCJwYWRkaW5nIjoiIn0sInR5cGUiOiJwYXJhZ3JhcGgiLCJyaWNoVGV4dCI6eyJkY。 XRhIjpbeyJjaGFyIjoi6L+。 ZIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTYsImNvbG9yIjoiIzMzMzMzMyIsImJhY2stY29sb3IiOiIjZjhmOGY4In19LHsiY2hhciI6IuS4qiIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2LCJjb2xvciI6IiMzMzMzMzMiLCJiYWNrLWNvbG9yIjoiI2Y4ZjhmOCJ9fSx7ImNoYXIiOiIxIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTYsImNvbG9yIjoiIzMzMzMzMyIsImJhY2stY29sb3IiOiIjZjhmOGY4In19LHsiY2hhciI6IjIiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMzMzMzMzIiwiYmFjay1jb2xvciI6IiNmOGY4ZjgifX0s。 eyJjaGFyIjoi5pyIIiwic3R5bGVzIjp7ImZvbnQtc2l6ZSI6MTYsImNvbG9yIjoiIzMzMzMzMyIsImJhY2stY29sb3IiOiIjZjhmOGY4In19LHsiY2hhciI6IjIiLCJzdHlsZXMiOnsiZm9udC1zaXplIjoxNiwiY29sb3IiOiIjMzMzMzMzIiwiYmFjay1jb2xvciI6IiNmOGY4ZjgifX0seyJjaGFyIjoiNCIsInN0eWxlcyI6eyJmb250LXNpemUiOjE2LCJjb2xvciI6IiMzMzMzMzMiLCJiYWNrLWNvbG9yIjoiI2Y4Z。
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