Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Why humans will always look on the bright side of life

HUMANS have an inbuilt tendency always to look on the bright side of life, scientists have found.
Researchers identified an “optimism bias” in the brain that resists accurate information about the world.
This means people “update” their beliefs accurately only when things turn out to be better than expected, not when they are worse than expect
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ed, according to the study by University College London scientists.
But humans’ natural propensity

Live India

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