Making a Life Worth Living

Psychological Science - Tập 15 Số 6 - Trang 367-372 - 2004
Heather L. Urry1, Jack B. Nitschke1, Isa Dolski1, Daren C. Jackson1, Kim M. Dalton1, Corrina J. Mueller1, Melissa A. Rosenkranz1, Carol D. Ryff2, Burton H. Singer3, Richard J. Davidson1
1Department of Psychology and W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2Institute on Aging and Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
3Office of Population Research, Princeton University

Tóm tắt

Despite the vast literature that has implicated asymmetric activation of the prefrontal cortex in approach-withdrawal motivation and emotion, no published reports have directly explored the neural correlates of well-being. Eighty-four right-handed adults (ages 57–60) completed self-report measures of eudaimonic well-being, hedonic well-being, and positive affect prior to resting electroencephalography. As hypothesized, greater left than right superior frontal activation was associated with higher levels of both forms of well-being. Hemisphere-specific analyses documented the importance of goal-directed approach tendencies beyond those captured by approach-related positive affect for eudaimonic but not for hedonic well-being. Appropriately engaging sources of appetitive motivation, characteristic of higher left than right baseline levels of prefrontal activation, may encourage the experience of well-being.

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Psychological Science

Tập 15 Số 6

367-372

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