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SUBMITTER: Sharot T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3424419 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Current biology : CB 20120712 16
When predicting financial profits, relationship outcomes, longevity, or professional success, people habitually underestimate the likelihood of future negative events. This well-known bias, termed unrealistic optimism, is observed across age, culture, and species, and has a significant societal impact on domains ranging from financial markets to health and well being. However, it is unknown how neuromodulatory systems impact on the generation of optimistically biased beliefs. This question assum ...[more]