How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality

2011/10/09 by Tali Sharot, Christoph W. Korn, Christoph W Korn +2 · 2 citations
Decision Sciences · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Cognition #Cognitive psychology #Computer science #Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics #Neuroscience #Optimism #Optimism bias #Optimism, Hope, and Well-being #Prefrontal cortex #Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research #Psychology #Social psychology #Trait #Ventromedial prefrontal cortex

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/nn.2949

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