The Optimism Bias: Why We're Wired to Look on the Bright Side
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781780333946 (1780333943)
Publish date: January 5th 2012
Publisher: Robinson
Pages no: 300
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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