{"id":342891,"date":"2015-01-01T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T01:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/10-cles-bien-parler-soi-342891.html"},"modified":"2019-05-04T04:46:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T20:46:38","slug":"10-cles-bien-parler-soi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/galerie\/10-cles-bien-parler-soi-342891.html","title":{"rendered":"10 Tips to talking about yourself well"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talking about yourself can be a source of pleasure<\/a> that's equivalent to sex or food<\/a>, according to a study conducted by Harvard University<\/strong> researchers in 2012. According to them, this irresistible urge to talk about ourselves has a neurobiological origin<\/a>. By scanning the brains of participants who spoke about themselves, they observed an increase in the activity of the mesolimbic system, an area known to be activated during sex. So when a person speaks of themselves, this part of the brain releases dopamine, a chemical associated with feelings of pleasure and anticipation of a reward. The success of social networks is not a result of chance...<\/p>

Find out what the experts have to say when talking about yourself during professional or personal meetings in the slideshow above.<\/p>

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