Anger is also Good for Health

Many people choose to hold his temper when you're experiencing something unpleasant for fear of being labeled as ill-tempered. But a recent study found anger canbe good for health.

Researchers from the University of Valencia in Spain interested in what happens to the human body when angry. And this finding appears to support the theory of generalpsychology which states that the 'ventilation' emotions better for mental health rather than letting it remain locked aka buried.

This study found that expressing anger can increase blood flow to parts of the brain involved with feeling happy.

To conduct this study, researchers gathered 30 people in a lab, slowly increasing the level of their anger and watched.

Heart rate, blood pressure and stress hormone levels of two participants, testosteroneand cortisol, measured everything. The brain is also in the screening, from the beginning to the end of the study.

The findings are already published in the journal Hormones and Behavior showed thatthe left side of the brain more stimulated when the participants are angry.

"Regional frontal left brain generally involved in positive emotions, while the right partrelated to negative emotions," said Dr. Neus Herrero, University of Valencia in Spain,who led the study, as reported by the Telegraph, on Thursday (03/06/2010).

Dr Herrero also said that anger can lead to major changes in the human body, whichcontrols the work of the heart and hormones. He showed that cortisol levels decreasedand increased testosterone levels.

In addition, changes in brain activity, especially in the frontal and temporal lobes.

However, the study found that anger can also have negative effects on the body, namelythe participants' blood pressure was increased when angry.