{"id":56,"date":"2012-09-09T10:22:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-09T10:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2012-09-09T10:22:38","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T10:22:38","slug":"optimism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/?page_id=56","title":{"rendered":"Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=unflagging-optimism\" target=\"_blank\">Neural Responses Reveal Our Optimistic Bent<\/a>,<strong>\u00a0Scientific American\u00a0<\/strong>(April 10, 2012)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/documents\/Media\/neural_responses_reveal_our_optimistic_bent\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gu.com\/p\/349h6\" target=\"_blank\">The optimism bias: reasons to be cheerful (interview)<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>The Guardian<\/strong>\u00a0(Jan 1, 2012)<sub><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Reasons_to_be_cheerful\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/science\/2012\/jan\/01\/tali-sharot-the-optimism-bias-extract\" target=\"_blank\">The optimism bias (book extract)<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>The Guardian<\/strong>\u00a0(Jan 1, 2012)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/documents\/Media\/the_optimism_bias_guardian\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2011\/10\/11\/brain-optimism-imaging_n_1004076.html\" target=\"_blank\">Brain Imaging Reveals Why Optimists Are The Way They Are<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Huffington Post<\/strong>(Oct 11, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Brain_Imaging_Reveals_Huffington_Post.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-15214080\" target=\"_blank\">Brain &#8216;rejects negative thoughts&#8217;<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>BBC<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 9, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Brain__rejects_negative_thoughts_\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2011\/10\/111009140201.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Blame &#8216;Faulty&#8217; Frontal Lobe Function for Undying Optimism in Face of Reality<\/a>,<strong>Science Daily<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 9, 2011)\u00a0<sub><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Blame_Science_Daily\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forbes.com\/terrywaghorn\/2011\/07\/13\/optimism-is-still-in\/\" target=\"_blank\">Optimism is (still) in<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Forbes<\/strong>\u00a0(July 13, 2011)\u00a0<sub><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Optimism_Still_In_Forbes\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/insight\/article\/1022077--cheer-up-you-re-really-an-optimist\" target=\"_blank\">Cheer up, you&#8217;re really an optimist<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Toronto Star<\/strong>\u00a0(July 8, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/cheer_up_youre_really_an_optimist\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/longevity-in-portland\/the-human-brain-optimism-bias\" target=\"_blank\">The Human Brain: Optimism Bias<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Examiner\u00a0<\/strong>(July 7, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/The_human_brain_optimism_bias\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/magazine\/article\/0,9171,2074230,00.html?xid=rss-mostpopularemail&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+time%2Fmostemailed+%28TIME%3A+Most+Emailed+Story+of+the+Day%29\" target=\"_blank\">Illusions and reality<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Time<\/strong>\u00a0(June 6, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Illusions_and_reality\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/marketbeat\/2011\/05\/31\/morning-links-squid-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Links: Squid Watch<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong>\u00a0(May 31, 2011)<sub>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Morning_Links_squid_watch\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/health\/article\/0,8599,2074067,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Optimism Bias<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>TIME magazine\u00a0<\/strong>(May 28, 2011)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/documents\/Media\/the_optimism_bias\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/05\/15\/opinion\/15Sharot.html?_r=1\" target=\"_blank\">Major Delusions<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>New York Times<\/strong>\u00a0(May 14, 2011)\u00a0<sub><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/documents\/Media\/major_delusions\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ariel-leve.com\/st_features\/PESSIMISM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The ups of being down<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>The Sunday Times<\/strong>\u00a0(July, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB119454102049486710.html\" target=\"_blank\">Except in one career, our brains seem built for optimism<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>The Wall Street Journal<\/strong>(Nov 9, 2007)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Brains_seem_built_for_optimism\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2007\/oct\/29\/health\/he-briefly29.s1\" target=\"_blank\">Optimism lights up a brain part<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>LA Times<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 29, 2007)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Optimism_lights_up_brain_part\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/id\/61572\/\" target=\"_blank\">This is Your Brain on Optimism<\/a><em>,\u00a0<\/em><strong>Newsweek<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 24, 2007)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/This_is_your_brain_on_optimism\" target=\"_blank\"><sub>PDF VERSION<\/sub><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/scienceNews\/idUSN2443298420071024?sp=true\" target=\"_blank\">Brain regions responsible for optimism located<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Reuters<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 24, 2007)<sub>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Brain_regions_responsible_for_optimism\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn12827-source-of-optimism-found-in-the-brain.html\" target=\"_blank\">Source of &#8216;optimism&#8217; found in the brain<\/a>,\u00a0<strong>NewScientist<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 24, 2007)\u00a0<sub><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/affective-brain\/media\/documents\/Media\/Source_of_Optimism_NewScientist\" target=\"_blank\">PDF VERSION<\/a><\/sub><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neural Responses Reveal Our Optimistic Bent,\u00a0Scientific American\u00a0(April 10, 2012)\u00a0PDF VERSION The optimism bias: reasons to be cheerful (interview),\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0(Jan 1, 2012)PDF VERSION The optimism bias (book extract),\u00a0The Guardian\u00a0(Jan 1, 2012)\u00a0PDF VERSION Brain Imaging Reveals&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/57"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affectivebrain.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}