Don’t let the small stuff get you down — your well-being may depend on it – Science Daily

Suppose you drop your morning coffee and it splatters everywhere. Later a colleague drops by to say hello. Do you grumble a testy acknowledgment, or cheerfully greet her?In a new study on brain activity led by University of Miami psychologists, researchers found that how a person’s brain evaluates fleeting negative stimuli — such as that dropped cup — may influence their long-term psychological well-being.
“One way to think about it is the longer your brain holds on to a negative event, or stimuli,…

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