Click Title To Read ArticleBy Tali Sharot:
The Optimism Bias
Time (Cover Story)
Extract and Interview
The Observer (New Year's Day)
Major Delusions
New York Times
Why we fool ourselves into optimism
CNN
A selection of articles about Sharot's work:
Brain 'rejects negative thoughts'
BBC
Optimistic Investors Need To Get Real
Financial Times
Optimism is (still) in
Forbes
Illusions and reality
Time
Zaubertrank der Zuversicht
Der Spiegel (Cover Story)Thinking about the optimism bias: Tali Sharot at TED2012
TED Blog
Neural Responses Reveal Our Optimistic Bent
Scientific American
Brain Imaging Reveals Why Optimists Are The Way They Are
Huffington Post
The Human Brain: Optimism Bias
Examiner
Morning Links: Squid Watch
The Wall Street Journal
Cheer up, you're really an optimist
Toronto Star
Blame 'Faulty' Frontal Lobe Function for Undying Optimism in Face of Reality
Science Daily
Review (requires subscription)
The Sunday Times
Review
The Daily Mail
How do you see this glass?
The Boston Globe
This is Your Brain on Optimism
Newsweek
Brain regions responsible for optimism located
Reuters
Source of 'optimism' found in the brain
NewScientist
Optimism lights up a brain part
LA Times
Except in one career, our brains seem built for optimism
The Wall Street Journal
The ups of being down
The Sunday Times
Are humans too optimistic for their own good?
io9
Dopamine levels in brain 'influence decision making'
BBC News
Can Dopamine Make Your Future Look Brighter?
Time
Are we ruled by our unconscious mind? Horizon finds out
Mirror
Glass half full may not be the best idea
ABC
Scientist identify brain regions that help us make choices
The Telegraph
Report Links 9/11 Memories to Proximity
Washington Post
9/11 memroies reveal how flashbulb memories are made in the brain
Discover Magazine
A neuroscientist who favors familiar places
Boston.com
Feeling optimistic? It’s no surprise
Ham & High
Tali Sharot (Cogntive Neuroscientist)
Amazing Women Rock
Morning Links: Squid Watch
The Wall Street Journal
Cheer up, you're really an optimist
Toronto Star
Blame 'Faulty' Frontal Lobe Function for Undying Optimism in Face of Reality
Science Daily
Review (requires subscription)
The Sunday Times
Review
The Daily Mail
How do you see this glass?
The Boston Globe
This is Your Brain on Optimism
Newsweek
Brain regions responsible for optimism located
Reuters
Source of 'optimism' found in the brain
NewScientist
Optimism lights up a brain part
LA Times
Except in one career, our brains seem built for optimism
The Wall Street Journal
The ups of being down
The Sunday Times
Are humans too optimistic for their own good?
io9
Dopamine levels in brain 'influence decision making'
BBC News
Can Dopamine Make Your Future Look Brighter?
Time
Are we ruled by our unconscious mind? Horizon finds out
Mirror
Glass half full may not be the best idea
ABC
Scientist identify brain regions that help us make choices
The Telegraph
Report Links 9/11 Memories to Proximity
Washington Post
9/11 memroies reveal how flashbulb memories are made in the brain
Discover Magazine
A neuroscientist who favors familiar places
Boston.com
Feeling optimistic? It’s no surprise
Ham & High
Tali Sharot (Cogntive Neuroscientist)
Amazing Women Rock