The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain
Format: kindle
ASIN: B004J4WNDA
Publish date: June 14th 2011
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Reference,
Science,
Biology,
Culture,
Self Help,
Sociology,
Psychology,
Neuroscience,
Society,
Research,
Brain
A tendency that predates humanity--Author Tali Sharot didn’t expect to stumble on something like the optimism bias while she was researching how traumatic events create “flashbulb memories”, which are unusually vivid memories that as it turns out are often not as accurate as they feel. Why would ou...
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