Updated On: 03 January, 2011 11:47 AM IST | | Agencies
Psychologists from the University of California, Berkeley have found that older people have a hard time keeping a lid on their feelings, especially when watching heartbreaking or disgusting scenes in movies and reality shows.
Psychologists from the University of California, Berkeley have found that older people have a hard time keeping a lid on their feelings, especially when watching heartbreaking or disgusting scenes in movies and reality shows.
However, they're better than their younger counterparts at seeing the positive side of a stressful situation and empathizing with the less fortunate, according to the research.