© GettyThe study found that people in a bad mood were also less likely to make snap decisions based on racial or religious prejudices
Being in a bad mood may not be all gloom and doom after Australian scientists found that negative feelings improved judgement, boosted memory and made people less gullible.
The study, authored by psychology professor Joseph Forgas at the University of New South Wales, showed that
people in a bad mood were more critical of, and paid more attention to, their surroundings than happier people, who were more likely to believe anything they were told.
"Whereas positive mood seems to promote creativity, flexibility, cooperation, and reliance on mental shortcuts, negative moods trigger more attentive, careful thinking paying greater attention to the external world," Prof Forgas wrote.
Comment: There are fats and there are fats. Unfortunately, the fats most prevalent in the North American diet are precisely the worst ones to feed the body: hydrogenated "vegetable" oils and transfats. Those mice would have done just fine on a diet heavy in cold-pressed olive or grapeseed oil.
Why not skip the drug and just consume fats that are good for the body? Oh right, no money in that.
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