The brain's rose-colored glasses
The brain's rose-colored glasses
People tend to remain overly optimistic even when faced with information about a gloomy future. A study now shows that people are selectively worse at incorporating information about a worse-than-expected future. It also describes the learning signals in the brain that correlate with this bias.
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Izuma, Keise
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Adolphs, Ralph
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November 2011
Izuma, Keise
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Adolphs, Ralph
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Izuma, Keise and Adolphs, Ralph
(2011)
The brain's rose-colored glasses.
Nature Neuroscience, 14 (11), .
(doi:10.1038/nn.2960).
Abstract
People tend to remain overly optimistic even when faced with information about a gloomy future. A study now shows that people are selectively worse at incorporating information about a worse-than-expected future. It also describes the learning signals in the brain that correlate with this bias.
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e-pub ahead of print date: 26 October 2011
Published date: November 2011
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