Removed Tts_version 4.“If I expect as little as possible, I won’t be hurt,” Susan Sontag famously wrote in her diary.
#TALI SHAROT OPTIMISM BIAS ARCHIVE#
OL15521153W Origin-contact Origin-note Physical items are owned or controlled by and digitized by Internet Archive Origin-organization Internet Archive Page_number_confidence 87.68 Pages 278 Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211016161841 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 336 Scandate 20211015083613 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780307473516 Source Prologue: a glass forever half full? - Which way is up?: illusions of the human brain - Are animals stuck in time?: the evolution of prospection - Is optimism a self-fulfilling prophecy?: how the mind transforms predictions into reality - What do Barack Obama and Shirley Temple have in common?: when private optimism meets public despair - Can you predict what will make you happy?: The unexpected ingredients for well-being - Crocuses popping up through the snow?: when things go wrong: depression, interpretation, and genes - Why is Friday better than Sunday?: the value of anticipation and the cost of dread - Why do things seem better after we choose them?: the mind's journey from expectation to choice and back - Are memories of 9/11 as accurate as they seem?: how emotion changes our past - Why is being a cancer survivor better than winning the tour de France?: how the brain turns lead into gold - A dark side to optimism?: from World War II to the credit crunch, underestimating risk is like drinking red wine - Epilogue: a beautiful mademoiselle or a sad old lady?: from prediction to perception to actionĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 12:06:15 Boxid IA40264017 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Includes bibliographical references and index In this fascinating exploration, she takes an in-depth, clarifying look at how the brain generates hope and what happens when it fails how the brains of optimists and pessimists differ why we are terrible at predicting what will make us happy how emotions strengthen our ability to recollect how anticipation and dread affect us and how our optimistic illusions affect our financial, professional, and emotional decisions. Tali Sharot's experiments, research, and findings in cognitive science have contributed to an increased understanding of the biological basis of optimism. In fact, optimism may be crucial to our existence. Psychologists have long been aware that most people maintain an often irrationally positive outlook on life. An investigation into the bias toward optimism that exists on a neural level in our brains and plays a major part in determining how we live our lives.
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