or more drops in income had study, the researchers told 91 lower brain volumes and con- U.S. undergraduate participants nectivity among brain regions that previous research had in 2010 than those with no indicated that both introverted income drops. Similar findings and extraverted behaviors were were obtained for participants at beneficial. They then asked half all educational levels and after of the participants to be as talk- researchers controlled for blood ative, assertive and spontaneous pressure and health behaviors. as they could stand for a week. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008463 They asked the other half to be deliberate, quiet and reserved. For FAKE IT TILL YOU MAKE IT the following week, the groups Engaging in extraverted switched to engage in the other behavior like being talkative form of behavior. Participants and assertive has benefits for reported increased well-being well-being, according to a study (positive affect and feelings of in the Journal of Experimental connectedness and flow) after the Psychology: General. Researchers extraversion week, and decreased have found benefits for "forced well-being after the introversion extraversion" before, but most week, regardless of their general previous experiments examined personality tendencies toward social encounters that lasted extraversion or introversion. only a few minutes. In this DOI: 10.1037/xge0000668