In Lifestyle we have delved into the introverted personality throughout several articles.We have defined your features, interests and even explained to you how it is the best way to interact with an introvert.
Now, if there is something that we need to address, it is "the why." What makes you, for example, be introverted, that your best friend is shy and that, at the same time, your partner is rather outgoing?
Science and psychology always try to define the origins of each behavior, seeking not only psychological causes, but also biochemical and even "root" causes.
We must make it clear that they are simple Studies.Whether you accept them or not is your choice, since in relation to these issues there are experts looking for genetic, other environmental and other bases, such as this work, purely biochemical causes.
We explain it to you .
Are you introverted? Science knows why
The study was published in the magazine «Quiet Revolution».As you know, in recent years and thanks mainly to the works of Susan Cain ( "The power of the introvert") , this type of personality is the subject of multiple interests.In fact, there are studies that say that introverts would be, for example , great leaders for the following abilities :
- They are observers.
- They are sensitive and intuitive.
- They are reflective
Now, although it is It is true that thanks to these works, the public knows that an introvert is not shy and that he does not sometimes prefer loneliness, refuses to relate or enjoy like any other person in social events; What was left to understand is that there is in the brain of an introvert to see and feel the world in this way.
- Jennifer Granneman, responsible for this work, explains that the cause Basic is dopamine .This neurotransmitter is always very active in extroverts, it makes them look for reinforcements such as relationships, fun, physical contact, excitement, money, well-being, movement, social recognition, attention of those around them...
- Surely you also have the typical friend who never tires of calling attention, of being the soul of meetings, of speaking...For them, being in an environment In calm and without too many stimuli it is little more than falling into a depression : it is wasting time, it is despair.
- Instead, introverts have a level of something different dopamine.It's not that they don't have this neurotransmitter, actually , the brain circuit that activates it is on a level The lowest .This makes us look for more moments of calm, that from time to time the parties will appear, but that after time we need to leave to recover calm.
- Our level of attention declines with the long speeches of others, our mind falls into introspection and we return to our inner world.
The experts explain to us that dopamine is the neurotransmitter that makes us look for goals and that characterizes us all, there is no doubt, but at another level.There are those who seek to like everyone, who He is always watching his phone to see when to meet, when to leave, what they say about them, who is looking for him and who likes him in a photo.
Introverts are interested in this type of thing too, but occasionally, and of course, it is not their priority. A in turn, the other side of dopamine would be acetylcholine in this case. This neurotransmitter makes it easy for us to have a deep concentration for a certain moment, leaving aside all stimuli.We do not seek reinforcements, just think, observe, let ourselves be carried away by introspection: something common in the introspective.
So now tell us...are you introspective? ? Do you feel identified with these traits? If you liked this article, also meet highly sensitive people.
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