2 Unlock the Power of Emotions_ How Our Genes Respond to Different Feelings

Our emotions can turn on some gene sequences and turn off others This study clearly showed Just by signaling the body with a new emotion the laughing subjects altered their internal chemistry to change the expression of their genes Sometimes a change in genetic expression can be sudden and dramatic Have you ever heard of people after being subjected to extremely stressful conditions whose hair turned gray overnight That's an example of genes at work They experienced such a strong emotional reaction that their altered body chemistry both turned on the gene for the expression of gray hair and shut off the genetic expression for their normal hair color within a matter of hours