Optimism linked to income and the smarts

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 122548.htm

Study into the obvious...pays well.

There is a strong correspondence between a particular set of connections in the brain and positive lifestyle and behavior traits, according to a new study. The researchers point out that their results resemble what psychologists refer to as the 'general intelligence g-factor': a variable first proposed in 1904 that's sometimes used to summarize a person's abilities at different cognitive tasks. While the new results include many real-life measures not included in the g-factor -- such as income and life satisfaction, for instance -- those such as memory, pattern recognition and reading ability are strongly mirrored.

(continued, I can be cured then, with a small increase in my bank balance...)